CPT’s Mark Spivak Co-Authors ONR Funded Research Paper Identifying Dog FFA

CPT’s Mark Spivak, functioning as a research consultant in conjunction with Emory University’s Neuroscience Department, co-authored a fifth research paper published in a prestigious peer reviewed academic journal.  The article, entitled “Awake fMRI Reveals a Specialized Region in Dog Temporal Cortex for Face Processing,” co-authored by Dr. Daniel D. Dilks, PhD, Dr. Peter Cook, PhD, […]

The Dog Project: Experiment 6B- Reward Preference

CPT was busy this Sunday conducting Experiment 6B- Reward Preference for The Dog Project. The experiment examines whether dogs prefer social reward (tactile contact and praise from the owner) or appetitive reward (treats). The experiment also examines whether the reward preference may vary depending upon deprivation, satiation, visual salience, or lateralization preferences, whether the optimal reward may vary randomly amongst dogs, or whether the ideal reward is correlated to the temperament profile of the dog.