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

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 10492 - 8
• Main Authors: Bolló, Henrietta, Kovács, Krisztina, Lefter, Radu, Gombos, Ferenc, Kubinyi, Enikő, Topál, József, Kis, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.06.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378/2649; 631/477; Animals; Canis lupus familiaris; Dogs; Emotions - physiology; Face - physiology; Facial Expression; Female; Happiness; Humanities and Social Sciences; Male; multidisciplinary; NREM sleep; Polysomnography - methods; REM sleep; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Social behavior; Social interactions; Voice - physiology

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 a within...