A comparison of personality traits of gifted word learner and typical border collies.

ABSTRACT: While personality and cognition are distinct domains, some personality traits may affect the capacity for problem-solving. It was suggested that there is a positive association between the Playfulness trait and problem-solving performance in humans. Studies on giftedness (extremely good capacity in the case of a specific skill), typically aimed to reveal the genetic, experiential, and mental origins of such extreme inter-individual variation. We exploited recent findings on giftedness in a specific cognitive skill, object label learning, in dogs to explore the potential association between this exceptional skill and personality traits. We administered the Dog Personality Questionnaire to 21 gifted dog owners and compared the personality traits of their dogs to those of matched samples of 4

SUBMITTER: Fugazza C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652199 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature