Empathic-like responding by domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to distress in humans: an exploratory study
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 successful. The earliest on record is from 2020.
Replications
- A shoulder to cry on: Heart rate variability and empathetic behavioral responses to crying and laughing in dogs, Meyers-Manor & Botten (2020). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. Outcome recorded: successful.
Like Custance and Mayer, dogs showed more behaviours directed toward the person crying, whether the owner or the stranger, than during baseline or laughing conditions.
Outcome read from the abstract. View paper
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Custance, D., & Mayer, J. (2012). Empathic-like responding by domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to distress in humans: an exploratory study. Animal Cognition, 15(5), 851–859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0510-1
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