Stimulus Control of Odorant Concentration: Pilot Study of Generalization and Discrimination of Odor Concentration in Canines

Despite dogs’ widespread use as detection systems, little is known about how dogs generalize to variations of an odorant’s concentration. Further, it is unclear whether dogs can be trained to discriminate between similar concentration variations of an odorant. Four dogs were trained to an odorant (0...

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Main Authors: Mallory T. DeChant, Paul C. Bunker, Nathaniel J. Hall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/326