When are puppies receptive to emotion-induced human chemosignals? The cases of fear and happiness

• Published in: Animal cognition Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 1241 - 1250
• Main Authors: D’Aniello, Biagio, Pinelli, Claudia, Scandurra, Anna, Di Lucrezia, Alfredo, Aria, Massimo, Semin, Gün R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age Factors; Animals; Behavioral Sciences; Between-subjects design; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chemoreception; Discriminant analysis; Dogs; Double-Blind Method; Emotions - physiology; Fear; Fear - physiology; Happiness; Humans; Life Sciences; Odor control; Odorants; Odors; Original Paper; Pheromones, Human; Psychology Research; Zoology; Human chemosignals; Emotions; Dogs; Animal cognition

We report an observational, double-blind, experimental study that examines the effects of human emotional odors on puppies between 3 and 6 months and adult dogs (one year and upwards). Both groups were exposed to control, human fear, and happiness odors in a between subjects’ design. The duration of...