I, the obstacle - dogs show body-awareness, a new component of mental self-representation (IMAGE)

Eötvös Loránd University

I, the obstacle - dogs show body-awareness, a new component of mental self-representation

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A new study published in Scientific Reports revealed that dogs understand the relationship between their body and the environment in a problem solving task. The researchers of the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) found that dogs can recognise their body as an obstacle, which ability is one of the basic manifestations of self-representation in humans.

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