REM versus Non-REM sleep disturbance specifically affects inter-specific emotion processing in family dogs (Canis familiaris)

Abstract Dogs have outstanding capabilities to read human emotional expressions, both vocal and facial. It has also been shown that positively versus negatively valenced dog-human social interactions substantially affect dogs’ subsequent sleep. In the present study, we manipulated dogs’ (N = 15, in...

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Main Authors: Henrietta Bolló, Krisztina Kovács, Radu Lefter, Ferenc Gombos, Enikő Kubinyi, József Topál, Anna Kis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67092-5