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Toy exploration in gifted word learner dogs and typical dogs 天才语言学习犬和普通犬的玩具探索。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02047-3

Andrea Sommese, Ádám Miklósi, Silvia Nostri, Andrea Temesi, Claudia Fugazza

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Unpacking response Inhibition in animals – part 2: an empirical test 动物解封反应抑制。第2部分：经验试验

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02033-1

Camille A. Troisi, Alizée Vernouillet, Reinoud Allaert, Sophia Knoch, An Martel, Luc Lens, Frederick Verbruggen

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Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) can show spontaneous vocal flexibility when exposed to dynamically changing rhythmic sounds 白嘴鸦（Corvus frugilegus）在接触到动态变化的节奏声音时，可以表现出自发的声音灵活性。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02038-w

K. Martin, M. Tomasek, A. Hivet, A. Ravignani, N. Obin, V. Dufour

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Cognitive performance of dusky damselfish in a detour task with increasing difficulty 难度增加绕行任务中暗色雀鲷的认知表现。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02043-z

Jéssica Ferreira de Souza, Paula Raquel Gomes Barbosa, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais Freire, Mayara Moura Silveira, Caio Maximino, Marta Candeias Soares, Ana Carolina Luchiari

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Same-different learning of odour stimuli in dogs 狗对气味刺激的不同学习。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02035-z

Claire Ricci-Bonot, Amelia Duncan, Daniel S. Mills, Thomas W. Pike, Helen Zulch, Victoria F. Ratcliffe, Michael Nickson, Emma Hobbs, Anna Wilkinson

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Changes in cognitive performance following repeated exposure to a hand-touch learning task across breed clades of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) 不同品种的家狗（Canis familiaris）反复接触手触学习任务后认知表现的变化。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-026-02044-6

Amin Azadian, Alexandra Protopopova

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Social evaluation of skilfulness in Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and brown capuchins (Sapajus apella) 东京猕猴（Macaca tonkeana）和棕色卷尾猴（Sapajus apella）技能的社会评价。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02039-9

Marie Hirel, Michele Marziliano, Hélène Meunier, Hannes Rakoczy, Julia Fischer, Stefanie Keupp

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The effect of familiarity and dog’s body size on female owners’ dog-directed communication 熟悉度和狗的体型对女性主人狗导向交流的影响。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02041-1

Lőrinc András Filep, Édua Koós-Hutás, Fanni Hollay, József Topál, Anna Gergely

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Unpacking response inhibition in animals – part 1: a conceptual framework 动物解封反应抑制。第1部分：概念框架。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02032-2

Camille A. Troisi, Alizée Vernouillet, Reinoud Allaert, Sophia Knoch, An Martel, Luc Lens, Frederick Verbruggen

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More experience in the initial learning of spatial information improves cognitive flexibility in food-caching chickadees 在空间信息的初始学习中，更多的经验提高了食物贮藏的山雀的认知灵活性。

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Animal Cognition Pub Date : 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-025-02024-2

A. A. H. Richmond, V. K. Heinen, J. F. Welklin, B. R. Sonnenberg, S. M. Haley, L. E. Whitenack, E. S. Bridge, V. V. Pravosudov

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