TY - JOUR AU - Liszkai-Peres, Krisztina AU - Budai, Zsófia AU - Adrienn, Kocsis AU - Jurányi, Zsolt AU - Pogány, Ákos AU - Kampis, György AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Konok, Veronika TI - Association between mobile touchscreen devices (MTSDs) and the quality of parent-child interaction in preschoolers JF - Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry VL - 3 PY - 2024 SN - 2813-4540 DO - 10.3389/frcha.2024.1330243 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34726766 ID - 34726766 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Fodor, Erika Gabriella AU - Javan, Okendo AU - Nóra, Szabó AU - Kata, Szabó AU - Czimer, Dávid Gyula AU - Anita, Tarján-Rácz AU - Szeverényi, Ildikó AU - Bi, Wei Low AU - Jia, Huan Liew AU - Sergey, Koren AU - Arang, Rhie AU - Orbán, László AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Varga, Máté AU - Shawn, M. Burgess TI - The reference genome of paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) JF - SCIENTIFIC DATA J2 - SCI DATA PY - 2024 SN - 2052-4463 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34714841 ID - 34714841 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Szabó, Nóra AU - Fodor, Erika Gabriella AU - Varga, Zoltán Kristóf AU - Tarján‐Rácz, Anita AU - Szabó, Kata AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Varga, Máté TI - The paradise fish, an advanced animal model for behavioral genetics and evolutionary developmental biology JF - JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION J2 - J EXP ZOOL PART B PY - 2024 SN - 1552-5007 DO - 10.1002/jez.b.23223 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34190815 ID - 34190815 AB - Paradise fish ( Macropodus opercularis ) is an air‐breathing freshwater fish species with a signature labyrinth organ capable of extracting oxygen from the air that helps these fish to survive in hypoxic environments. The appearance of this evolutionary innovation in anabantoids resulted in a rewired circulatory system, but also in the emergence of species‐specific behaviors, such as territorial display, courtship and parental care in the case of the paradise fish. Early zoologists were intrigued by the structure and function of the labyrinth apparatus and a series of detailed descriptive histological studies at the beginning of the 20th century revealed the ontogenesis and function of this specialized system. A few decades later, these fish became the subject of numerous ethological studies, and detailed ethograms of their behavior were constructed. These latter studies also demonstrated a strong genetic component underlying their behavior, but due to lack of adequate molecular tools, the fine genetic dissection of the behavior was not possible at the time. The technological breakthroughs that transformed developmental biology and behavioral genetics in the past decades, however, give us now a unique opportunity to revisit these old questions. Building on the classic descriptive studies, the new methodologies will allow us to follow the development of the labyrinth apparatus at a cellular resolution, reveal the genes involved in this process and also the genetic architecture behind the complex behaviors that we can observe in this species. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Dror, Shany AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Sommese, Andrea AU - Fugazza, Claudia TI - A citizen science model turns anecdotes into evidence by revealing similar characteristics among Gifted Word Learner dogs JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-47864-5 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34442875 ID - 34442875 N1 - Export Date: 8 January 2024 Correspondence Address: Dror, S.; Department of Ethology, Pázmány P. s 1c, 6th Floor, Hungary; email: shanymd@gmail.com AB - Dogs that have a vocabulary of object labels (Gifted Word Learner dogs—GWL dogs) have great potential as a comparative model for studying a variety of cognitive mechanisms. However, only a handful of studies, with a small sample size of 1 or 2 dogs, have examined this phenomenon. GWL dogs appear to share many of the same distinctive characteristics, but due to their rarity, it is not clear if these similarities are only anecdotal or indeed reflect characteristics that are similar in these rare individuals. Here we present the first study conducted on a relatively large sample of 41 GWL dogs that were recruited and tested using a citizen science model. After testing the dogs' receptive vocabulary of toy names, we asked the owners to complete a questionnaire about their and their dog’s life experiences. Our findings highlight several characteristics that are shared among most GWL dogs, such as their learning speed, their large vocabulary, and that they learned the names of the toys spontaneously, without the explicit intent of their owners. Our findings validate previous anecdotal evidence on common characteristics of GWL dogs and supply additional support to the hypothesis that these dogs represent a unique group of dogs. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Salamon, Attila AU - Uccheddu, Stefania AU - Csepregi, Melitta AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Gácsi, Márta TI - Dogs outperform cats both in their testability and relying on human pointing gestures: a comparative study JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-45008-3 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34210367 ID - 34210367 N1 - ELKH-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Doctoral School of Biology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Export Date: 27 November 2023 Correspondence Address: Salamon, A.; ELKH-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research GroupHungary; email: dr.attila.salamon@gmail.com AB - The dog is a so far unique species to study interspecific communication and a promising evolutionary model for preverbal human communication. Recently cats were reported to show some similar skills to dogs. Here we directly compared both the testability and the success of companion dogs and cats in relying on human distal pointing gestures. Due to differences in their domestication, social and ecological background, and developmental processes, we expected better performance from dogs compared to cats. Using an object-choice task, cats made considerably fewer choices than dogs in the laboratory environment, and their tendency to make a choice declined during trials. They were slightly more testable at home, where their willingness to choose did not decrease over time. Dogs made more successful choices than cats, both at the group and individual level, irrespective of the type of the pointing gesture. Older cats were more successful. Despite the two species’ rather similar role nowadays as human companions, our results support previous findings suggesting that, compared to the dog, the cat is a less ideal model to study some human communicative abilities in a laboratory environment. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Gácsi, Márta AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Topál, József TI - Comment on “Human-directed attachment behaviour in wolves suggests standing ancestral variation for human-dog attachment bonds” JF - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION J2 - ECOL EVOL VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 9 SN - 2045-7758 DO - 10.1002/ece3.10514 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34158328 ID - 34158328 N1 - Cited By :1 Export Date: 26 September 2023 Correspondence Address: Gácsi, M.; ELKH-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Pázmány P. 1/c, Hungary; email: marta.gacsi@ttk.elte.hu LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Ujfalussy, Dorottya Júlia AU - Bognár, Zsófia AU - Molnár, Marianna AU - Miklósi, Ádám AU - Kubinyi, Enikő TI - The difference between two brachycephalic and one mesocephalic dog breeds’ problem-solving performance suggests evidence for paedomorphism in behaviour JF - SCIENTIFIC REPORTS J2 - SCI REP VL - 13 PY - 2023 IS - 1 SN - 2045-2322 DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-41229-8 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34154294 ID - 34154294 N1 - Export Date: 30 October 2023 Correspondence Address: Ujfalussy, D.J.; Department of Ethology, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary; email: ujfalussydori@gmail.com AB - Despite serious health and longevity problems, small brachycephalic breeds are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners. Motivations for choosing short-nosed breeds have been extensively investigated in recent years; however, this issue has been addressed mainly by relying on owner reports, resulting in explanations of “cute looks”, referring to the baby-schema phenomenon and “behaviour well suited for companionship”. We aimed to compare the behaviour of two brachycephalic (English and French bulldogs) and one mesocephalic (Mudi) breed in a problem-solving context. The dogs were given the task of opening boxes containing food rewards. We investigated human-directed behaviour elements over success and latency (indicators of motivation and ability). We found that both English and French bulldogs were significantly less successful in solving the problem than mudis. Both brachycephalic breeds had longer opening latencies than the mesocephalic breed. Brachycephalic breeds oriented less at the problem box and more at humans present. In summary, the short-headed breeds were less successful but oriented much more toward humans than mesocephalic dogs. Owners might interpret these behaviours as “helplessness” and dependence. The results support the hypothesis that infant-like traits may be present not only in appearance but also in behaviour in brachycephalic breeds, eliciting caring behaviour in owners. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Abdai, Judit AU - Berkesné Gedai, Zsuzsanna AU - Miklósi, Ádám TI - Do dogs attribute goal-directedness to robots? T2 - Behaviour2023 PY - 2023 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34150427 ID - 34150427 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Abdai, Judit AU - Miklósi, Ádám TI - Dog-robot interactions: What does it take to become best friends? T2 - Behaviour2023 PY - 2023 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34150390 ID - 34150390 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - CONF AU - Abdai, Judit AU - Miklósi, Ádám TI - Dog-robot interactions: What does it take to become best friends? T2 - 8th Canine Science Forum PY - 2023 SP - 80 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34150361 ID - 34150361 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -