Hanus & Call, 2011

The Cognitive Approach

IntelligenceOld view:

Cognitive Approach:

Memory Social Learning

Inhibitory ControlNavigation Etc.!

The Cognitive Approach

IntelligenceTraditional Approach:

Cognitive Approach:

Memory Social Learning

Inhibitory Control

Navigation Etc.!

What is it that makes us human?

How did we get that way?

Our 2 guiding questions:

Do dogs imitate?

Are dogs capable of intentional deception?

Do dogs know what you can and cannot see?

Do dogs know what you do and do not know?

How do dogs navigate?

Do dogs take short cuts?

Do dogs understand any causal properties of the world (i.e. gravity)

Do dogs understand symbols like children?

Do dog breeds differ?

Tests have been developed to answer:

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Hare, et al, 2002, Science

Kaminski et al, 2009

Cognitive Training?

Cognition working for you

Call et al, 2003

Cognition working against you

Cognition constraining you

Cognition making less = more

What is your dogs genius?

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Science based company . . .Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Josep CallSenior Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, GermanyDirector Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Center, Germany

Dr. Adam MiklosiDirector of the Family Dog Project, Eötvös Loránd University, HungaryProfessor of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

Dr. Juliane KaminskiDirector of Dog Cognition Center Portsmouth (DOCCS), University of Portsmouth, UKLecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK

Dr. Richard WranghamRuth B. Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University

Dr. Laurie SantosDirector of the Yale Comparative Cognition Laboratory, Yale University, Connecticut Associate Professor of Psychology, Yale University

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Dr. Brian Hare, Chief Science OfficerProfessor of Anthropology,Duke UniversityDirector, Duke Canine Cognition Center

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World & Top‐5 Countries Est. Dogs in Households

World 190M

USA 70M

Brazil 30M

China 23M

UK 10M

Japan 10M

Source: 2012 U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook by AVMA

Dognition citizen science will enable the richest canine knowledgebase in history.

37Source: Google Scholar. Reflects the most widely cited canine cognition studies.

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