Functional performance of the visual system in dogs and humans: A comparative perspective

Abstract

Dogs and humans often work together, and dogs have been selectively bred for traits enabling efficient co-operation with humans, such as tameness (Miklósi, 2008), sensitivity to human cues (Bräuer, Kaminski, Riedel, Call, & Tomasello, 2006; Cooper et al., 2003; Virányi, Topál, Gácsi, Miklósi, & Csányi, 2004), and specialized skills employed by specific types of working dog (Lord, Schneider, & Coppinger, 2016; McKinley & Sambrook, 2000; Miklósi, 2008). As a result, dogs are integral to society and have both important value (e.g., companion, A. L. A. Barber School of Life Sciences and School of Psychology University of Lincoln D. S. Mills and F. Montealegre-Z School of Life Sciences University of Lincoln