Social learning in sporting and non-sporting old dogs
Description
The data were created by coding the behavior of old and younger companion dogs during a spatial detour test. Dogs were provided with demonstration of the detour, where the demonstrator either used ostensive attentio-calling speech, or neutral intonation speech during the detour demo. We tested dog breeds both from the cooperative and the independent breed type. Category descriptions can be found on the "Key" page. Data are arranged according to the statistical analyses we have performed.
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Steps to reproduce
The experimental protocol was identical to the one published in this study: Dobos, P., & Pongrácz, P. (2024). You talkin’to me? Functional breed selection may have fundamentally influenced dogs’ sensitivity to human verbal communicative cues. BMC biology, 22(1), 183. For the current experiment, we used old (7+years) and young (1-6 years) dogs. Video recordings were coded with the BORIS software for data extraction.
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd UniversityBudapest, Budapest