Longitudinal evidence for the emergence of multiple intelligences in assistance dog puppies.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive test batteries suggest that adult dogs have different types of cognitive abilities that vary independently. In the current study, we tested puppies repeatedly over a crucial period of development to explore the timing and rate at which these different cognitive skills develop. Service dog puppies (n = 113), raised using two different socialization strategies, were either tested longitudinally (n =91) or at a single time point (n = 22). Subjects tested longitudinally participated in the battery every two weeks during and just beyond their final period of rapid brain growth (from approximately 8-20 weeks of age). Control puppies only participated in the test battery once, which allowed us to evaluate the impact of repeated testing. In support of the multiple intelligences hypothesi

SUBMITTER: Salomons H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463349 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature