Do Dogs Really Miss Us?

2015-01-05

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References:

Berns, G. S., Brooks, A. M., & Spivak, M. (2014). Scent of the Familiar: An fMRI Study of Canine Brain Responses to Familiar and Unfamiliar Human and Dog Odors. Behavioural processes. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635714000473

Kerepesi, A., Dóka, A., & Miklósi, Á. (2014). Dogs and their human companions: The effect of familiarity on dog–human interactions. Behavioural processes. http://familydogproject.elte.hu/Pdf/publikaciok/2014/KerepesiDM2014.pdf

Rehn, T., & Keeling, L. J. (2011). The effect of time left alone at home on dog welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 129(2), 129-135. http://www.appliedanimalbehaviour.com/article/S0168-1591(10)00324-2/abstract

Healy, K., McNally, L., Ruxton, G. D., Cooper, N., & Jackson, A. L. (2013). Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information.Animal behaviour, 86(4), 685-696. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213003060

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