Episode 2. Jealousy in Dogs

Happy Wednesday, science/Bonnie and Averill lovers! Welcome back to Episode 2.

On today’s ep:
- Wine and house hunting
- Ovaries
- Do dogs get jealous?
- Babies on leashes
- The nuances of experimental design
- Experiment pros and cons

Today we get into a dog jealousy paper that has been all over the news cycles and now it can be in your ears.
We’ve all seen our dogs behaving like they’re jealous, here we discuss how scientists test this and the things you need to consider when designing experiments.

Link to the paper for all those nerds out there:
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/JWKKFUGXJZECAXEQ4FH8/full
Citation:
  1. Bastos APM, Neilands PD, Hassall RS, Lim BC, Taylor AH. Dogs Mentally Represent Jealousy-Inducing Social Interactions. Psychological Science. April 2021. doi:10.1177/0956797620979149
 
Amalia (head researcher on this paper) does a bunch of epic research on animal cognition and is an absolute legend when it comes to science communication. You can find more of what she’s doing through your chosen vice - we highly recommend her YouTube channel:
https://twitter.com/amaliabastos
https://twitter.com/AnimalMindsUoA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-utvjhHsd0mQNtGEiX0rPQ
https://www.facebook.com/AnimalMindsUoA/
https://www.instagram.com/animalmindsuoa/

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