2018
DOI: 10.1037/com0000115
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Abstract: There has been a growing interest in the cognitive skills of domestic dogs, but most current knowledge about dogs' understanding of their environment is limited to the visual or auditory modality. Although it is well known that dogs have an excellent olfactory sense and that they rely on olfaction heavily when exploring the environment or recognizing individuals, it remains unclear whether dogs perceive odors as representing specific objects. In the current study, we examined this aspect of dogs' perception of… Show more

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“…Dogs can also be trained to assign dissimilar odors to a single category (Wright et al, 2017). They also seem to form a representation of what they smell, as Bräuer and Belger (2018) demonstrated using a violation-of-expectation experiment. Despite their outstanding olfactory discrimination, however, dogs are not necessarily dominated by olfactory information: Human pointing can override olfactory cues in some situations (Szetei, Miklósi, Topál, & Csányi, 2003).…”
Section: The Comparative Projectmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Dogs can also be trained to assign dissimilar odors to a single category (Wright et al, 2017). They also seem to form a representation of what they smell, as Bräuer and Belger (2018) demonstrated using a violation-of-expectation experiment. Despite their outstanding olfactory discrimination, however, dogs are not necessarily dominated by olfactory information: Human pointing can override olfactory cues in some situations (Szetei, Miklósi, Topál, & Csányi, 2003).…”
Section: The Comparative Projectmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Therefore, dog cognition studies should, in fact, design tests based on olfaction, not on vision or hearing. Indeed, a recent study by Bräuer and Belger ( 2018 ) suggests that dogs have a flexible representation of what they smell. The fact that olfaction was neglected in dog cognition research until recently, when dogs were shown to excel at a task when it was reframed in the olfactory modality, illustrates how an anthropocentric approach can create the appearance of limitations in cognitive performance.…”
Section: Ecology Perception and Crucial Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… Experimental settings should take into account social structures, developmental constraints, and preferred modality of the species under study ( Bates and Byrne 2007 ; Roth et al 2019 ). Studies with nonhuman animals should no longer target only typically human cognitive skills such as tool-use, self-control, or social cooperation, but should also test skills in which humans might be outperformed by other animals, such as visual and odor perception, working memory, and reaction time (i.e., De Waal 2016 ; Bräuer and Belger 2018 ; Inoue and Matsuzawa 2007 ). A holistic approach should be implemented to better integrate laboratory and fieldwork of behavioral ecologists, including the conducting of more rigorous observations and field experiments ( Janmaat 2019 ; Boesch 2010 ; Bueno-Guerra and Amici 2018 ).…”
Section: New Challenges In Animal Cognitionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Furthermore, a relationship between olfaction and cognition has been described in dogs. In particular, it has been shown that dogs form an olfactory search image for explosive odors [ 12 ] and represent the object they are searching for, showing signs of surprise when finding an object different to the one expected [ 13 ]. Overall, results of these experiments provide clear evidence about the significant involvement of the olfaction on dogs’ emotions and cognitive processes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%