Spontaneous action matching in dog puppies, kittens and wolf pups

Abstract We investigated the spontaneous tendency of dog puppies, kittens and wolf pups to match their behaviour to actions demonstrated by a human, in the absence of food reward. Based on dogs’ inherent sociality and domestication history, we predicted that the tendency to match human actions is mo...

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Main Authors: Claudia Fugazza, Andrea Temesi, Roberta Coronas, Stefania Uccheddu, Márta Gácsi, Ákos Pogány
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28959-5