Companion dogs show signs of jealous behaviour toward non-living agents

Abstract Dogs engage in social interactions with robots, yet whether they perceive them as social agents remains uncertain. In jealousy-evoking contexts, specific behaviours were observed exclusively when dogs’ owners interacted with social, rather than non-social rivals. Here, we investigated wheth...

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Main Authors: Judit Abdai, Beatrix Laczi, Fabio F. Agostinho, Ádám Miklósi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86821-2
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