Dog Cognitive Development Battery (DCDB)
We have published a detailed description of each task from the Dog Cognitive Development Battery on OSF.
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Gnanadesikan, G.E., Bray, E.E., Levy, K.M., Horschler, D.J., Gruen, M.E., Kennedy, B.S., Hare, B. & MacLean, E.L.
(2023). Dog Cognitive Development Battery Methods. OSF. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/CSK3A.
The following publications use DCDB data:
Bray et al. (2020). Cognitive characteristics of 8- to 10-week old assistance dog puppies. Animal Behaviour.
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Bray et al (2021). Dog cognitive development: a longitudinal study across the first 2 years of life. Animal Cognition.
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Bray et al (2021). Early-emerging and highly heritable sensitivity to human communication in dogs. Current Biology.
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Gnanadesikan et al. (2023). Transposons in the Williams-Beurons Syndrome critical region are associated with social behavior in assistance dogs. Behavior Genetics.
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Gnanadesikan et al. (2024). Basal Plasma Oxytocin & Fecal Cortisol Concentrations are Highly Heritable and Associated with Individual Differences in Behavior & Cognition in Dog Puppies. Hormones and Behavior.