There’s a few spots left in our Playtime community science study! Sign-up here: tinyurl.com/2tn6m54u 😊🥎🐶 instagram.com/reel/Cr9lQosJI…

Congratulations to our lab managers @lizagrothkoff and @madison_sci for presenting their research at the 51st Annual Hunter College Psychology Convention on Saturday!! Hunter College Psychology Hunter College

Congratulations to Angie Lee and Angelica Vega for presenting our ManyDogs research at the 51st Annual Hunter Psychology Convention. Angelica was honored with the Gerry Turkewitz Memorial Award and Angie did an amazing job organizing and running the convention!

Avina always lights up the TDC with her INCREDIBLE energy and playfulness thank you @DogGeneticsLLC for bringing her we have a blast every time she comes in! 💜 Caption: Avina faces the camera with floppy ears and a scrunched up face as she picks up a plush toy

🎉 New publication! Congrats to Hunter College Psychology alum Maddie Messina for publishing her MA research! A novel approach to evaluate dog training skill acquisition and retention using the the contextual interference effect! Best of all, it’s open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/je…

Congrats to @lizagrothkoff!!

FDP study on canine brain network revealed that cingulate cortex's role in mammalian brain evolution partly shifted to lateral frontal lobes, governing problem-solving, task-switching, and goal-directed behavior. neurosciencenews.com/dog-brain-atla…

How do our dogs “talk” to us? Check out our director ⁦Dr. Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere⁩ on the podcast Ask the Vet to find out and learn how we study the cognition of our furry friends! 🐶 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/28-…

My master’s thesis was just published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology! I, Dr. Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere, and Angie Johnston found that cats and dogs gaze at their owners for similar durations in our community science study. Thanks so much to our participants 🐶🐱psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

New year, new paper! Congrats to @lizagrothkoff on publishing her MA thesis on contrafreeloading in dogs! Turns out while most dogs don’t prefer to contrafreeload, many seem to be willing! Thinking Dog Center at Hunter College Lynna Feng link.springer.com/article/10.103…

Sadie says she is “freeloader”. Out of ten feedings she never first approached the snuffle mat 😂 While she doesn’t show a preference to contrafreeload, she is willing to snuffle when her tray is mostly empty! Read all about our new paper in Scientific Reports! link.springer.com/article/10.103…

A lovely sci-comm write up that includes a breakdown of our recent contrafreeloading study results!! thesciencedog.com/2024/01/25/how…