Neuroscience: Domestication shaped dogs’ brains and behaviour

Dogs have worked and lived with humans for thousands of generations. Modern dogs’ looks and behaviour differ substantially from wolves’. A study in Journal of Neuroscience compares the behaviour and brains of modern and pre-modern dogs to understand the course of wolf-to-dog domestication.

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Main Author: Marike Schiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00283-w
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