Gaze-Following and Reaction to an Aversive Social Interaction Have Corresponding Associations with Variation in the OXTR Gene in Dogs but Not in Human Infants

Gaze-Following and Reaction to an Aversive Social Interaction Have Corresponding Associations with Variation in the OXTR Gene in Dogs but Not in Human Infants

It has been suggested that dogs' remarkable capacity to use human communicative signals lies in their comparable social cognitive skills; however, this view has been questioned recently. The present study investigated associations between oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms and social b...

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Main Authors: Katalin Oláh, József Topál, Krisztina Kovács, Anna Kis, Dóra Koller, Soon Young Park, Zsófia Virányi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
oxytocin
gaze following
social
fear
genotype
dog
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02156/full

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