Publications

2023

ManyDogs Project, Alberghina, D., Bray, E., Buchsbaum, D., Byosiere, S.-E., Espinosa, J., Gnanadesikan, G., Guran, C.-N.A., Hare, E., Horschler, D., Huber, L., Kuhlmeier, V.A., MacLean, E., Pelgrim, M.H., Perez, B., Ravid-Schurr, D., Rothkoff, L., Sexton, C., Silver, Z., & Stevens, J.R. (2023). ManyDogs Project: A big team science approach to investigating canine behavior and cognition. Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews, 18, 59-77. doi:10.3819/CCBR.2023.180004

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  • This article introduces the ManyDogs Project by discussing the importance of studying canine behavioral science, situating ManyDogs among other examples of large-scale canine science, and describing the core aims of the ManyDogs Project.

ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J., Stevens, J.R., Alberghina, D., Alway, H.E.E., Barela, J.D., Bogese, M., Bray, E.E., Buchsbaum, D. Byosiere, S.-E., Byrne, M., Cavalli, C. M., Chaudoir, L. M., Collins-Pisano, C., DeBoer, H.J., Douglas L.E.L.C., Dror, S., Dzik, M.V., Ferguson, B., Fisher, L., Fitzpatrick, H.C., Freeman, M.S., Frinton, S.N., Glover, M.K., Gnanadesikan, G.E., Goacher, J.E.P., Golańska, M., Guran, C.-N.A., Hare, E., Hare, B. Hickey, M., Horschler, D.J., Huber, L., Jim, H.-L., Johnston, A.M., Kaminski, J. Kelly, D.M., Kuhlmeier, V.A., Lassiter, L., Lazarowski, L., Leighton-Birch, J., MacLean, E.L., Maliszewska, K., Marra, V., Montgomery, L.I., Murray, M.S., Nelson, E.K., Ostojić, L., Palermo, S.G., Parks Russell, A.E., Pelgrim, M.H., Pellowe, S.D., Reinholz, A., Rial, L.A., Richards, E.M., Ross, M.A., Rothkoff, L.G., Salomons, H., Sanger, J.K., Santos, L., Shirle, A.R., Shearer, S.J., Silver, Z.A., Silverman, J.M., Sommese, A., Srdoc, T., St. John-Mosse, H., Vega, A.C., Vékony, K., Völter, C.J., Walsh C.J., Worth, Y.A., Zipperling, L.M.I., Żołędziewska, B., & Zylberfuden, S.G. (2023). ManyDogs 1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension. Animal Behavior & Cognition, 10(3), 232-28. doi:10.26451/abc.10.03.03.2023

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  • This article describes ManyDogs 1, the first empirical study to come out of the ManyDogs Project that evaluates domestic dogs’ understanding of a common human gesture, the point.

Presentations

Talks and panels

ManyDogs Project & Espinosa, J. (2023). Exploring variability in dogs’ responses to human pointing. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, Florida, USA.

Sommese, A. (2023). ManyDogs 1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension. Canine Science Forum, Budapest, Hungary.

Espinosa, J. (2022). Big team science in comparative cognition. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, Florida, USA.

ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J., Byosiere, S.-E., Pelgrim M. (2021). ManyDogs Project. Canine Science Forum, virtual meeting.

Stevens, J.R. (2021). The ManyDogs Project: A big team science approach to canine cognition, International Society for Anthrozoology, virtual meeting.

Posters and social media conferences

Bray, E.E. (2023). ManyDogs Project: Leveraging big team science to understand canine behavior and cognition. Animal Behaviour Twitter Conference.

Collins-Pisano, C., Montgomery, L., Elrod, L., Lazarowski, L., & Katz, J. (2023). Dogs’ performance on an object-choice task utilizing a momentary contralateral point. Comparative Cognition Conference, Melbourne, Florida, USA.

Srdoc, T., Ostojić, L., & ManyDogs Project (2023). ManyDogs 1: A multi-lab replication study of dogs’ pointing comprehension. Behavior 2023, Bielefeld, Germany.

Barela, J., Wolff, L., & Stevens, J.R. (2022). The ManyDogs Project: A team science approach to canine cognition. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Canine Cognition and the Human Bond, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.

Gnanadesikan, G. & Espinosa, J. (2021). ManyDogs 1: An international collaborative approach to pointing comprehension in domestic dogs. Animal Behaviour Twitter Conference.