The social dog behaviour and cognition / edited by Juliane Kaminski, Psychology Department, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Sezione di Neuroscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Comparative Cognition, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Wolf Science Centre, Ernstbrunn, Austria.

Other author Kaminski, Juliane, 1973-
Other author Marshall-Pescini, Sarah.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 404 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Agricultural, Biological, and Food Sciences eBook Collection 2014 [EBCABS14]
Subjects
Dogs--Behavior.
Dogs--Psychology.
Dogs--Behavior. --Evolution.
Social behavior in animals.
Cognition in animals.
Human-animal relationships.

Contents 1. The social dog : history and evolution / Sarah Marshall-Pescini and Juliane Kaminski -- 2. On the way to a better understanding of dog domestication : aggression and cooperativeness in dogs and wolves / Zsófia Virányi and Friederike Range -- 3. The social organisation of a population of free-ranging dogs in a suburban area of Rome : a reassessment of the effects of domestication on dogs' behaviour / Roberto Bonanni and Simona Cafazzo -- 4. Social behaviour among companion dogs with an emphasis on play / Barbara Smuts -- 5. Auditory communication in domestic dogs : vocal signalling in the extended social environment of a companion animal / Anna Magdalena Taylor, Victoria Frances Ratcliffe, Karen McComb, and David Reby -- 6. The immaterial cord : the dog-human attachment bond / Emanuela Prato Previde and Paola Valsecchi -- 7. The personality of dogs / Ádám Miklósi, Borbála Turcsán, and Enikő Kubinyi -- 8. When the bond goes wrong : problem behaviours in the social context / Daniel Mills, Emile van der Zee, and Helen Zulch -- 9. Social learning in dogs / Péter Pongrácz -- 10. What dogs understand about humans / Juliane Bräuer -- 11. Dogs' sensitivity to human ostensive cues : a unique adaptation? / József Topál, Anna Kis, and Katalin Oláh -- 12. Do dogs show an optimistic or pessimistic attitude to life? / Oliver Burman -- 13. Wagging to the right or to the left : lateralisation and what it tells of the dog's social brain / Marcello Siniscalchi and Angelo Quaranta.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageText in English.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014430371
ISBN9780124078185 (pbk)
ISBN0124078184 (pbk)

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