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Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
The extraordinary genetic and behavioural diversity of dog breeds provides a unique opportunity for investigating the heritability of cognitive traits, such as problem-solving ability, social cognition, inhibitory control, and memory. Previous studies have mainly investigated cognitive differences b...
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author | Junttila, Saara Valros, Anna Mäki, Katariina Väätäjä, Heli Reunanen, Elisa Tiira, Katriina |
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description | The extraordinary genetic and behavioural diversity of dog breeds provides a unique opportunity for investigating the heritability of cognitive traits, such as problem-solving ability, social cognition, inhibitory control, and memory. Previous studies have mainly investigated cognitive differences between breed groups, and information on individual dog breeds is scarce. As a result, findings are often contradictory and inconsistent. The aim of this study was to provide more clarity on between-breed differences of cognitive traits in dogs. We examined the performance of 13 dog breeds (N = 1002 dogs) in a standardized test battery. Significant breed differences were found for understanding of human communicative gestures, following a human’s misleading gesture, spatial problem-solving ability in a V-detour task, inhibitory control in a cylinder test, and persistence and human-directed behaviour during an unsolvable task. Breeds also differed significantly in their behaviour towards an unfamiliar person, activity level, and exploration of a novel environment. No significant differences were identified in tasks measuring memory or logical reasoning. Breed differences thus emerged mainly in tasks measuring social cognition, problem-solving, and inhibitory control. Our results suggest that these traits may have come under diversifying artificial selection in different breeds. These results provide a deeper understanding on breed-specific traits in dogs. |
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spelling | pubmed-98003872022-12-31 Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) Junttila, Saara Valros, Anna Mäki, Katariina Väätäjä, Heli Reunanen, Elisa Tiira, Katriina Sci Rep Article The extraordinary genetic and behavioural diversity of dog breeds provides a unique opportunity for investigating the heritability of cognitive traits, such as problem-solving ability, social cognition, inhibitory control, and memory. Previous studies have mainly investigated cognitive differences between breed groups, and information on individual dog breeds is scarce. As a result, findings are often contradictory and inconsistent. The aim of this study was to provide more clarity on between-breed differences of cognitive traits in dogs. We examined the performance of 13 dog breeds (N = 1002 dogs) in a standardized test battery. Significant breed differences were found for understanding of human communicative gestures, following a human’s misleading gesture, spatial problem-solving ability in a V-detour task, inhibitory control in a cylinder test, and persistence and human-directed behaviour during an unsolvable task. Breeds also differed significantly in their behaviour towards an unfamiliar person, activity level, and exploration of a novel environment. No significant differences were identified in tasks measuring memory or logical reasoning. Breed differences thus emerged mainly in tasks measuring social cognition, problem-solving, and inhibitory control. Our results suggest that these traits may have come under diversifying artificial selection in different breeds. These results provide a deeper understanding on breed-specific traits in dogs. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9800387/ /pubmed/36581704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26991-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022, corrected publication 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Junttila, Saara Valros, Anna Mäki, Katariina Väätäjä, Heli Reunanen, Elisa Tiira, Katriina Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title | Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title_full | Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title_fullStr | Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title_full_unstemmed | Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title_short | Breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) |
title_sort | breed differences in social cognition, inhibitory control, and spatial problem-solving ability in the domestic dog (canis familiaris) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9800387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36581704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26991-5 |
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