@ManyDogsProject

ManyDogs is a consortium of researchers dedicated to collaboration and open science practices in the field of Canine Science through multi-lab studies 🐶

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There's still time to register for our upcoming town hall introducing ManyDogs 2 on Wednesday, November 29th! Even if you can't attend live, registering through this link ensures that you'll be sent the recording after the event: bit.ly/3G1tzeY
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Big things happening over at @ManyDogsProject! Join us for a virtual Town Hall introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs on Wed, Nov 29 - 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET Everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Register to attend: bit.ly/3G1tzeY
Introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs. Project proposed and led by Dr. Ludwig Huber, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Join us for a virtual Town Hall. Presenting the newest ManyDogs project - everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET. Register to attend: http://bit.ly/3G1tzeY

ALT Introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs. Project proposed and led by Dr. Ludwig Huber, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Join us for a virtual Town Hall. Presenting the newest ManyDogs project - everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET. Register to attend: http://bit.ly/3G1tzeY

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Big things happening over at @ManyDogsProject! Join us for a virtual Town Hall introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs on Wed, Nov 29 - 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET Everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Register to attend: bit.ly/3G1tzeY
Introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs. Project proposed and led by Dr. Ludwig Huber, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Join us for a virtual Town Hall. Presenting the newest ManyDogs project - everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET. Register to attend: http://bit.ly/3G1tzeY

ALT Introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs. Project proposed and led by Dr. Ludwig Huber, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. Join us for a virtual Town Hall. Presenting the newest ManyDogs project - everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET. Register to attend: http://bit.ly/3G1tzeY

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📷 Big Team Science Conference 2023--register here: bigteamscienceconference.git… Join virtually Oct 23-25 for an exciting line up of Big Team Science research spanning lots of disciplines and geographic regions! To make it as accessible as possible, registration fees are optional.

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Overall, dogs followed the pointing cues we gave them, but only slightly more than 50% of the time, and there was no difference in responses to the two pointing conditions. This contradicts other studies and suggests that dogs' point following has its limits (4/4)
Violin and Dot Plot of Dogs’ Performance (N = 455) across the (A) Non-Ostensive and Ostensive Conditions and the (B) Odor Control Condition. The red dashed lines show the chance level of 0.5. Dots represent the mean proportion correct for each individual. The gray lines connect dots representing the same individuals. The error bars represent 95% within-subjects confidence intervals; the filled circles on top of the error bars show the means per condition.

ALT Violin and Dot Plot of Dogs’ Performance (N = 455) across the (A) Non-Ostensive and Ostensive Conditions and the (B) Odor Control Condition. The red dashed lines show the chance level of 0.5. Dots represent the mean proportion correct for each individual. The gray lines connect dots representing the same individuals. The error bars represent 95% within-subjects confidence intervals; the filled circles on top of the error bars show the means per condition.

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455 #dogs were tested on 2 different types of pointing cues: 1) Ostensive pointing (incl. eye contact and dog-directed speech) and 2) Non-ostensive (no eye contact or dog-directed speech) (3/4)
Experimenter demonstrates the ostensive point position by kneeling, looking straight ahead, and pointing to the cup on one side of her.

ALT Experimenter demonstrates the ostensive point position by kneeling, looking straight ahead, and pointing to the cup on one side of her.

Experimenter demonstrates the non-ostensive point position by kneeling, looking straight down, and pointing to the cup on one side of her.

ALT Experimenter demonstrates the non-ostensive point position by kneeling, looking straight down, and pointing to the cup on one side of her.

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This project was accomplished by a team of 74 researchers in 21 labs across 9 countries #teamworkmakesthedreamwork. Each group ran the exact same study protocol with their local dog population, testing dogs from all different breeds and training backgrounds (2/4)
A map of the distribution of ManyDogs contributing labs, located throughout the United States, Canada, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, and Austria.

ALT A map of the distribution of ManyDogs contributing labs, located throughout the United States, Canada, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, and Austria.

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Our first project on dogs' responses to pointing cues has just been published in Animal Behavior and Cognition! Check out our results, you might be surprised by what we found... doi.org/10.26451/abc.10.03.0… (1/4)
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We hope you've enjoyed meeting some of the incredible researchers that are part of the @ManyDogsProject team! We also hope that you've been inspired to join us... 🚨We're accepting proposals for ManyDogs 2 until Monday 7/31 and want to hear from you!🚨 bit.ly/416TXN6
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Finally getting to meet so many of the collaborators in person at @ComparativeCog this year was a highlight! And we hope to continue foster networking by organizing a ManyDogs meeting soon! Won't you join us? bit.ly/416TXN6 7/7
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Being fairly new to studying dog behavior, I was very excited to join ManyDogs and looked forward to interacting with the canine science community. I've been super happy with how welcoming the community is, and I've made a ton of new friends & colleagues through our Slack. 6/7
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For ManyDogs 1, we had undergrads, grad students, post-docs, lab managers, & lab leaders involved as co-authors. So far we are primarily academics, but we hope to recruit more dog professionals into our network. The more people and perspectives, the better the science! 5/7
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Over 20 canine behavior and cognition groups from around the world make up @ManyDogsProject - and we're always recruiting more groups from new places! Some researchers in our network work with pet dogs, others with working & service dogs, and others study free-ranging dogs. 4/7
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This collaboration of experts at the beginning of a project helps create more robust science. Plus, ManyDogs has a ton of early career researchers who work alongside senior researchers. Everyone gets to interact with experts in the field and can offer thoughts & feedback. 3/7
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As scientists, we often miss out on opportunities to use networking to improve current work, because we wait until it is complete before sharing. A huge benefit of @ManyDogsProject is that we get so many of the world's experts together early on to help design the research. 2/7
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Hi! I'm Jeff Stevens (@JeffStevensADML), a professor at @UNLPsych. I lead @UNL_CCHIL where I use biological & psychological approaches to understand dog behavior, to improve how people train, work with, & live w/dogs. I'm super excited to be a @ManyDogsProject co-director. 1/7
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Now that @madelinepelgrim has shared the magic behind methods, be sure to catch our last dog scientist summer spotlight! With just over a week until the project proposal deadline, @JeffStevensADML will dish on the great networking opps with ManyDogs. bit.ly/416TXN6
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I enjoyed working on methods development with @ManyDogsProject - a great learning opportunity for a grad student. The experience motivated me to continue developing & refining methods for future projects, and especially for my own work with dogs and eye-tracking systems! 🐶👀 4/4
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For ManyDogs 1, before data collection could begin, participating labs submitted example "test run" videos that our video review team could assess and give feedback on. We worked closely with the ManyDogs community to help labs implement methods and clarify our protocol. 3/4
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Standardizing our methods is incredibly important for accurately interpreting differences we see between sites. But developing and following one protocol to be followed by multiple labs is not an easy feat! Regular review and communication between project managers is key. 2/4
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Hi! I'm @madelinepelgrim and I'm an PhD Student in the @BrownDogLab at @BrownCLPS studying social cognition, cooperation, and visual behavior in dogs. I am also a part of the ManyDogs Methods Development team. 1/4
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