Why do dogs look back at the human in an impossible task? Looking back behaviour may be over-interpreted

The effects of human attentional state on canine gazing behaviour: a comparison of free-ranging, shelter, and pet dogs

(2019) Lauren Brubaker et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans

(2018) Akshay Rao et al.   PeerJ

Free-ranging dogs prefer petting over food in repeated interactions with unfamiliar humans

(2017) Debottam Bhattacharjee et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Free-ranging dogs show age related plasticity in their ability to follow human pointing

(2017) Debottam Bhattacharjee et al.   PLoS One

The role of domestication and experience in ‘looking back’ towards humans in an unsolvable task

(2017) Sarah Marshall-Pescini et al.   Scientific Reports

The effect of training and breed group on problem-solving behaviours in dogs

(2016) Sarah Marshall-Pescini et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Ontogenetic effects on gazing behaviour: a case study of kennel dogs (Labrador Retrievers) in the impossible task paradigm

(2016) Biagio D’Aniello et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Dog Breed Differences in Visual Communication with Humans

(2016) Akitsugu Konno et al.   PLoS One

Gazing toward humans: A study on water rescue dogs using the impossible task paradigm

(2015) Biagio D’Aniello et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

When dogs look back: inhibition of independent problem-solving behaviour in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) compared with wolves (Canis lupus)

(2015) Monique A. R. Udell   Biology Letters

Human-directed social behaviour in dogs shows significant heritability

(2015) M. E. Persson et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Looking back at ‘looking back’: operationalising referential gaze for dingoes in an unsolvable task

(2013) Bradley Philip Smith et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Gaze alternation in dogs and toddlers in an unsolvable task: evidence of an audience effect

(2013) S. Marshall-Pescini et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

What does it take to become ‘best friends’? Evolutionary changes in canine social competence

(2013) Ádám Miklósi et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Human-directed gazing behaviour in puppies and adult dogs, Canis lupus familiaris

(2011) Chiara Passalacqua et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Agility and search and rescue training differently affects pet dogs’ behaviour in socio-cognitive tasks

(2009) Sarah Marshall-Pescini et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Incentive contrast in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris).

(2009) Mariana Bentosela et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Human-directed gazing behavior in domestic dogs (canis familiaris)

(2009) Lisa Horn et al.   Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Effect of reinforcement, reinforcer omission and extinction on a communicative response in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)

(2008) Mariana Bentosela et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Adapting to the human world: Dogs’ responsiveness to our social cues

(2008) Pamela J. Reid   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES