Do all dogs have their own genius? Dog cognition researcher Adam Miklosi, ethologist and founder of the Family Dog Project in Budapest, Hungary, talks with Victoria and Holly about social learning and other wonders of the canine mind.
They explore:
- The Family Dog Project, a long term online research into canine cognition.
- The show Victoria worked with Adam and 12 rescue dogs on in south England called Dogs Might Fly.
- New understanding about dogs’ learning, language, and ways of communicating.
- How dog cognition science explore how dogs think and solve problems.
- Can dogs learn from watching each other? Examples of how social learning strategies can be used to teach skills to nervous dogs.
- How researchers identify genius dogs with ability to remember words for many different objects
- Can dogs read our facial expressions or show empathy toward people’s emotions?
- A look at the human-dog relationship in Adam’s book, The Dog: A Natural History
- Does every dog need challenges and problem solving?
Adam is scheduled to speak about social learning at 2021 Dog Behavior Conference.
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