One- and Two-Month-Old Dog Puppies Exhibit Behavioural Synchronization with Humans Independently of Familiarity
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Ethical Note
2.3. Set up and Procedure
- Human Still Condition: The human experimenter was staying still without interacting with the puppy (40 s).
- Human Move Condition: The human experimenter was walking without interacting with the puppy (40 s).
2.4. Behavioural and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. General Behavioural Synchronization
3.1.1. Close
3.1.2. Moving
4. Precise Activity Synchrony
Moving Fast
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Duranton, C.; Courby-Betremieux, C.; Gaunet, F. One- and Two-Month-Old Dog Puppies Exhibit Behavioural Synchronization with Humans Independently of Familiarity. Animals 2022, 12, 3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233356
Duranton C, Courby-Betremieux C, Gaunet F. One- and Two-Month-Old Dog Puppies Exhibit Behavioural Synchronization with Humans Independently of Familiarity. Animals. 2022; 12(23):3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233356
Chicago/Turabian StyleDuranton, Charlotte, Cécile Courby-Betremieux, and Florence Gaunet. 2022. "One- and Two-Month-Old Dog Puppies Exhibit Behavioural Synchronization with Humans Independently of Familiarity" Animals 12, no. 23: 3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233356
APA StyleDuranton, C., Courby-Betremieux, C., & Gaunet, F. (2022). One- and Two-Month-Old Dog Puppies Exhibit Behavioural Synchronization with Humans Independently of Familiarity. Animals, 12(23), 3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233356