Can your dog read your mind?: Understanding the causes of canine perspective takingMonique A R Udell
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Learn Behav 39:289-302. 2011
..Some dogs perform poorly on perspective-taking tasks. These findings have important implications for the interpretation of research designed to understand complex social cognition across species...
Reevaluating canine perspective-taking behaviorMonique A R Udell
Department of Social Sciences, Flagler College, Saint Augustine, FL, USA
Learn Behav 39:318-23. 2011
..We also discuss the positive shift toward more interactive approaches in the field of canine behavior and cognition. Finally, we question the functionality of describing canine social behavior in terms of theory of mind...
Breed differences in dogs sensitivity to human points: a meta-analysisNicole R Dorey
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Behav Processes 81:409-15. 2009
..We suggest this result could be due to the paucity of data available in published studies, and the restricted range of breeds tested...
What did domestication do to dogs? A new account of dogs' sensitivity to human actionsMonique A R Udell
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611, USA
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 85:327-45. 2010
..We outline how tests of this new hypothesis open directions for future study that offer promise of a deeper understanding of mankind's oldest companion...
A review of domestic dogs' (Canis familiaris) human-like behaviors: or why behavior analysts should stop worrying and love their dogsMonique A R Udell
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
J Exp Anal Behav 89:247-61. 2008
..Behavior analysts should add their expertise to the study of dog behavior, both to add objective behavioral analyses of experimental data and to effectively integrate this new knowledge into applied work with dogs...
Megachiropteran bats (Pteropus) utilize human referential stimuli to locate hidden foodNathaniel J Hall
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
J Comp Psychol 125:341-6. 2011
..Megachiropteran bats may prove to be a useful model for studying social behaviors...
Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) use human gestures but not nonhuman tokens to find hidden foodMonique A R Udell
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
J Comp Psychol 122:84-93. 2008
..Our results indicate that dogs are more sensitive to human cues than equivalent nonhuman cues, and that the size of the cue is a critical element in determining dogs' success in following it...