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Pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) release their trapped and distressed owners: Individual variation and evidence of emotional contagion

Domestic dogs have assisted humans for millennia. However, the extent to which these helpful behaviors are prosocially motivated remains unclear. To assess the propensity of pet dogs to actively rescue distressed humans without explicit training, this study tested whether sixty pet dogs would releas...

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Autores principales: Van Bourg, Joshua, Patterson, Jordan Elizabeth, Wynne, Clive D. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32298391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231742