Effect of age on discrimination learning, reversal learning, and cognitive bias in family dogs

Several studies on age-related cognitive decline in dogs involve laboratory dogs and prolonged training. We developed two spatial tasks that required a single 1-h session. We tested 107 medium-large sized dogs: “young” (N=41, aged 2.5–6.5 years) and “old” (N=66, aged 8–14.5 years). Our results indic...

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Main Authors: Bognár, Z. (Author), Carson, R.S (Author), Egerer, A. (Author), Hulsbosch, P. (Author), Kubinyi, E. (Author), Piotti, P. (Author), Szabó, D. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer New York LLC 2018
Subjects:
dog
Dog
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