The role of life experience in affecting persistence: A comparative study between free-ranging dogs, pet dogs and captive pack dogs

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 4; p. e0214806
• Main Authors: Lazzaroni, Martina, Range, Friederike, Bernasconi, Lara, Darc, Larissa, Holtsch, Maria, Massimei, Roberta, Rao, Akshay, Marshall-Pescini, Sarah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.04.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal behavior; Animal cognition; Animal psychology; Animals; Artefacts; Austria; Behavior, Animal; Biology and Life Sciences; Comparative analysis; Comparative literature; Comparative studies; Dogs; Dogs - psychology; Domestication; Female; Humans; Innovations; Lorenz, Konrad (1903-89); Male; Methods; Morocco; Motivation; Novels; Pets; Pets - psychology; Population studies; Populations; Problem Solving; Social Sciences; Studies; Success; Veterinary medicine; Wolves; Wolves - psychology; Morocco; Austria

Persistence in object manipulation has been consistently associated with problem-solving success and it is known to be affected, at the individual level, by life experience. Differences in life experiences are particularly poorly studied in the problem-solving context and mainly refer to the compari...