Dogs Exhibiting High Levels of Aggressive Reactivity Show Impaired Self-Control Abilities.

ABSTRACT: Inhibitory control describes a multitude of cognitive processes that prevents an impulsive response and enables a more appropriate behavior in a given situation. The ability to inhibit undesirable behaviors, such as aggression, is particularly important in dogs for safe and successful interspecific interaction and cooperation. The present study investigated the associations between two aspects of inhibitory control in dogs, self-control and cognitive inhibition, and the tendency to respond aggressively when provoked. Sixteen police and fourteen privately owned dogs of the same sex, breed group and similar age participated. Self-control, often described as impulsivity, was measured with an exchange paradigm themed the delay of gratification test, and cognitive inhibition with an object disc

SUBMITTER: Gobbo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8987203 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature