What is the Canine Science Forum?
The Canine Science Forum is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together scientists with different expertise on Canines. It is held biannually since 2008 and it is the main international meeting devoted to the biology, ecology and behaviour of dogs, wolves and related canids.
Aims and scope
Through enhancing communication between various fields, the Canine Science Forum aims at substantiating canine biology in order to develop it as a major model for biological investigations. The Canine Science Forum also intends to utilize science as a source of knowledge to promote:
- Consolidation of an interdisciplinary field of canine biology
- Better integration of dogs in our rapidly changing modern society
- Dog science that develops non-invasive research technologies (good scientific practice)
The Canine Science Forum is also aimed to spread information on the advantageous roles of dogs in our society and thus increase their well-being.
Keynote Speakers
Meet our plenary speakers
Dr. Anindita Bhadra
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Prof. Ludwig Huber
Comparative Cognition, Messerli Institute, VetMed, Vienna
Dr. Erin Hecht
Harvard University, Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology
Prof. Peter Sandøe
Univ. of Copenhagen, Dept. of Food and Resource Economics
Dr. Kristyn Vitale
Unity College, Dept. of Animal Health and Behavior
Dr. Attila Andics
Neuroethology Lab, Department of Ethology, ELTE, Budapest
Dr. Jennifer Meadows
Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Annika Bremhorst
University of Lincoln, UK
Dr. Anna Gergely
Inst. of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Budapest
Abstract book
You can download the Conference Proceedings HERE
Programme
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Please be aware that this is only a planned outline of the programme. Changes might occure.
Registration
Opening
Prof. Ludwig Huber Plenary talk
How dogs understand us
Oral session
11:20 Louise Mackie Regular talk
Comparing overimitation in dogs and 5-year-old children
11:35 Melitta Csepregi Regular talk
Can I help you? Factors influencing spontaneous dog-human cooperation
11:50 Kinga Kovács Regular talk
Reflective belief revision in pet dogs, Kune Kune pigs and human infants?
12:05 Paula Pérez Fraga Regular talk
Intense exposure to human social stimuli during domestication and development is not sufficient to trigger attachment towards humans: A pig-dog comparative study
12:20 Jori Noordenbos Pecha-Kucha talk
Dogs' understanding of human knowledge through an unsolvable puzzle task
Lunch Eat
Dr. Anna Gergely Young Scientist Award talk
The role of our voice and face in dog-directed communication
Oral session
14:15 Flavie Bensaali-Nemes Regular talk
Acoustic analysis of dog-directed human vocalizations produced in positive and negative contexts
14:30 Tamás Faragó Regular talk
Species-specific and acoustic effects on dogs’ perception of social messages in vocalisations
14:45 Andrea Sommese Regular talk
Object Preference and Social Interaction in Gifted Word Learner and Typical Dogs
15:00 Borbála Turcsán Regular talk
The hierarchical structure of canine cognition: two domains and a general cognitive factor
15:15 Édua Koós-Hutás Pecha-Kucha talk
Facial prosodic features of infant and dog-directed communication
15:25 Emma Cox Pecha-Kucha talk
No Bones About It: The Effect of Chewing on Cognition in Dogs
Coffee break refreshment time
Dr Attila Andics Plenary talk
Are dog brains tuned to humans?
Oral session
16:55 Magdalena Boch Regular talk
Action observation in the dog and human brain and the role of the social temporal lobe
17:10 Laura Cuaya Regular talk
Representation of rewards differing in their hedonic valence in the caudate nucleus correlates with the performance in a problem-solving task in dogs (Canis familiaris)
17:25 Raúl Hernández Regular talk
Unravelling Brain Representations of Emotional Human Faces in Dogs
17:40 Anna Kis Regular talk
Development and validation of a sleep questionnaire, SNoRE 3.0, to evaluate sleep in companion dogs
17:55 Marianna Boros Pecha-Kucha talk
A neural marker of object label understanding in family dogs
18:05 Boglárka Morvai Pecha-Kucha talk
Neural processing of con- and heterospecific voices in two domesticated species
18:15 Daniela Poertl Pecha-Kucha talk
Did dog domestication contribute to language evolution?
Welcome Drink
Prof. Peter Sandøe Plenary talk
Will dog breeds as we know them today soon be a thing of the past?
Oral session
09:50 Elizabeth Walsh Regular talk
Human-dog play behaviour: how body language and nonverbal cues are key to clarity in human-canine communication
10:05 Alessia Diana Regular talk
Investigating stress and welfare in dogs transitioning from commercial breeding kennels to homes: a longitudinal pilot study
10:20 Camila Cavalli Pecha-Kucha talk
Effect of positive mood on learning and stress resilience in dogs
Coffee break refreshment time
Oral session
11:00 Rachel Kinsman Regular talk
Puppy socialisation: The effect of age and the UK/ROI COVID-19 lockdown
11:15 Eliza Ruiz-Izaguirre Regular talk
The effect of owner-reported auditory experiences during puppyhood on fear of fireworks in 2.5 year-old dogs in the UK and Republic of Ireland: A causal inference analysis of longitudinal data
11:30 Cheng Yu Hou Pecha-Kucha talk
Providing a Choice: Individual Dogs’ Preferences for Activity-based Environmental Enrichment in an Animal Shelter
11:40 Eleanor Jordan Pecha-Kucha talk
Post-Adoption Support: Reported behaviours in dogs over the first four months of adoption
11:50 Anna Morros-Nuevo Pecha-Kucha talk
Canine Obesity: Owner Management Effort and Outcome Differ According to Dog’s Food Motivation
Poster teasers watch and listen
- Kata Vékony: Big boss of balls - validation of the Dog Rank Questionnaire
- Viktória Bakos: Associations between the dogs’ rank in the hierarchy and their attachment to the owner
- Jaume Fatjó: Factors affecting time to adoption of dogs presented in a virtual shelter in Spain.
- Zsófia Bognár: Brachycephalic dogs’ outstanding attention towards humans seems not to contribute to their popularity
- Zsófia Bognár: General preference for shorter-headed dogs in humans - first results of an online survey
- Joni Delanoeije: Like caregiver, like dog? Caregiver stress predicts dogs’ physical activity – but not dogs’ heart rate variability – as captured by a Garmin smartwatch and PetPace smartcollar
- Paula Pérez Fraga: Comparing companion pigs’ and dogs’ reactions to negative human emotional vocalizations - A citizen science study
- Dana Ravid-Schurr: Do Dogs Rely on Their Experience with a Novel Cue to Predict How Others Would Respond to It?
- Akash Kulgod: A systematic review of non-invasive canine electroencephalography (EEG)
Lunch Eat
Poster session Walk and see
Dr. Jennifer Meadows Plenary talk
Placing dog genetics in the wider world of mammalian evolution
Oral session
15:20 Katriina Tiira Regular talk
Can we predict adult personality from 4-7 month-old puppies?
15:35 Silvan Urfer Regular talk
The Dog Aging Project Brain Health Study – A Nationwide Effort to Study Companion Dogs with Cognitive Dysfunction as a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
15:50 Barbara Csibra Pecha-Kucha talk
A human-analogue approach towards diagnose canine ADHD: a novel questionnaire and a behavioural test battery
Coffee break refreshment time
Dr. Annika Bremhorst Young Scientist Award talk
The Face of Canine Emotions - Novel Approaches to Exploring Facial Behaviour of Emotions in Dogs
Roundtable Interesting stuff
Wine and cheese in the Botanical Garden
Dr. Kristyn Vitale Plenary talk
Similar or different: Comparisons between cat-human and dog-human interactions
Oral session
09:50 Márta Gácsi Regular talk
Do they differ in testability or in reliance on human gestures? Comparing dogs and cats
10:05 Claudia Fugazza Regular talk
Puppies - but not kittens and wolf pups - tend to spontaneously imitate human actions
10:20 Enikő Kubinyi Pecha-Kucha talk
Attitudes toward dogs and cats in a representative sample: One in ten pet owners considers their pet more important than anyone else
Coffee break refreshment time
Oral session
11:00 Shany Dror Regular talk
Turning anecdotes into evidence with the power of citizen science: Gifted Word Learner dogs reveal characteristics of a distinct dog population
11:15 Zoe Parr-Cortes Regular talk
Do dogs differ in their response to a judgment bias test when exposed to the odour of human stress or relaxation?
11:30 Andrea Sommese Pecha-Kucha talk
ManyDogs 1: A Multi-Lab Replication Study of Dogs’ Pointing Comprehension
11:40 Akitsugu Konno Pecha-Kucha talk
Friendly dogs are more successful in training for sniffing dogs
11:50 Cécile Guérineau Pecha-Kucha talk
Hearing abilities in dogs: detection and localization of sounds using a staircase method
Poster teasers watch and listen
- Sarah Weir: The creation of a systematic framework to identify differences in dog laws across the nations of the United Kingdom
- Rubina Mondal: From streets to homes: Exploring behaviours and dog-human relationship among adopted free-ranging dogs in India
- Karen Griffin: The development of a dog quality of life assessment tool based on a hierarchy of dogs’ needs.
- Laura Rial: Does the sex of the human demonstrator influence the performance of dogs during an observational learning task? Preliminary results
- Laura Rial: Post conflict consolation towards humans in domestic dogs: a pilot study.
- Tamás Faragó: Humans can differentiate and recognise dogs by their whines
- Chiara Canori: The use of video to study dogs’ intraspecific visual communication
- Victor Azariev: Mobile App for Enhancing Behavioral Testing of Working Dogs
- Judit Abdai: Dog-robot interactions: What does it take to become best friends?
Lunch Eat
Poster session Walk and see
Dr. Erin Hecht Plenary talk
Brain-behavior evolution in dogs and foxes
Oral session
15:20 Hana Tebelmann Regular talk
Mechanisms of boldness and related traits in subspecies of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus)
15:35 Petra Dobos Regular talk
Dog breeds and detours – cooperative working dogs perform better than independent breeds in a social learning task
15:50 Anna Broseghini Regular talk
Development of an ethogram of dogs’ predatory behaviour
16:05 Amin Azadian Pecha-Kucha talk
Breed and Individual Differences in Learning in Purebred Pet Dogs
Coffee break refreshment time
Oral session
16:45 Anna Zamansky Regular talk
Automated Video-Based Monitoring of Sheltered Dogs Welfare
17:00 Christoph Völter Regular talk
Unwilling or Unable? Using 3D tracking to evaluate dogs' reactions to differing human intentions
17:15 Karoline Gerwisch Regular talk
Using mobile eye tracking to study dogs’ understanding of human referential communication
17:30 Paula Berg Pecha-Kucha talk
Using mobile eye tracking to study spatial navigation in guide and pet dogs
17:40 Haruka Kasuga Pecha-Kucha talk
How dog-size and owner-robot interaction affect the result of dogs' pointing test
17:50 Judit Abdai Pecha-Kucha talk
Do dogs attribute goal-directedness to robots?
18:00 Dana Vilker Pecha-Kucha talk
Of fish and dogs – What undomesticated working fish can teach us about the importance of play in training and working with service dogs
18:10 Ivaylo Iotchev Pecha-Kucha talk
Spaces versus objects in canine thought
Gala dinner eat, chat, have fun
Dr. Anindita Bhadra Plenary talk
A dog's life - learning from free-ranging dogs in India
Oral session
09:50 Saara Junttila Regular talk
Human-directed behaviour during the unsolvable task associated with higher trainability and lower impulsivity
10:05 Madison Murray Regular talk
Watch Me!: The Impact of Training Experience on Social Referencing in Domestic Dogs
10:20 Lucie Přibylová Regular talk
Ability of dog owners to identify their dogs by smell
10:35 Balázs Szigeti Pecha-Kucha talk
Investigating the associations of breed selection and morphology with the separation behaviour of dogs
Coffee break refreshment time
Oral session
11:15 Sharyn Bistre Dabbah Regular talk
Association between medical detection dogs' cognitive bias and their task performance
11:30 Tímea Kovács Regular talk
Permissive training style elicits weaker memory consolidation in more inattentive dogs
11:45 Peter Sandoe Pecha-Kucha talk
The use of positive vs. aversive dog training methods is correlated with animal ethics orientation - a US study
11:55 Alexandra Protopopova Pecha-Kucha talk
Are results of a Judgement Bias Test affected by pre-session discrimination or generalization training in dogs?
12:05 Claudia Fugazza Pecha-Kucha talk
Preliminary evidence of retention of object labels for 2 years by Gifted Word Learner dogs
12:15 Giulia Pedretti Pecha-Kucha talk
The nature and function of domestic dogs’ visual signals: intra and interspecific audience effects on dogs’ behavioural patterns and facial expressions
12:25 Iuna Decourtias Pecha-Kucha talk
Deciphering dogs’ facial and postural mimics according to emotional contexts
Closing remarks saying good bye
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Event Venue
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ELKH (formerly MTA) Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, Budapest, Hungary, 1117
Unlike in 2008 and 2018, this year the CSF moves to a new buliding located just right next to the ELTE university campus where the other two conferences took place. The building and the conference room is accessible with wheelchair. Well-socialized and -trained dogs are welcome.
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Early bird
€300
- Access to scientific sessions
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Participant badge
- Welcome reception
- Conference bag
- Access to program and abstract book
- Publication opportunity in Proceedings
Student
Early bird
€200
- Access to scientific sessions
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Participant badge
- Welcome reception
- Conference bag
- Access to program and abstract book
- Publication opportunity in Proceedings
Acompanying person
early bird
€100
- Access to exhibition
- Accompanying badge
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Welcome reception
Normal
after April 30
€380
- Access to scientific sessions
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Participant badge
- Welcome reception
- Conference bag
- Access to program and abstract book
- Publication opportunity in Proceedings
Student
after April 30
€300
- Access to scientific sessions
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Participant badge
- Welcome reception
- Conference bag
- Access to program and abstract book
- Publication opportunity in Proceedings
Acompanying person
after April 30
€120
- Access to exhibition
- Accompanying badge
- Coffee Breaks, lunch
- Welcome reception
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