H2020Индивидуална стипендия2018–2020

EMOMETER · Developing an Integrated Toolbox for the Assessment of Emotional Functioning in Dogs

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2018-10-01 → 2020-11-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 183 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

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EMOMETER: Developing an Integrated Toolbox for the Assessment of Emotional Functioning in Dogs

As men's best friends with multifunctional societal roles, dogs have great social and economic value. Along with being family pets and companions they also fulfil traditional and newly introduced working roles (e.g., as protection, herding or assistance dogs). The safeguarding of dog welfare and satisfactory human-dog interactions requires appropriate interpretation of dogs’ emotional states. Misinterpretation can lead to suffering in the dogs and possible physical harm to humans. We, however, know very little about the complex emotional process in dogs. This EMOMETER (short for EMOtionMETER) project had the overarching goal of developing an integrated toolbox (a range of behavioural, cognitive and physiological measures) for emotion assessment, and providing the first systematic study of multi-component emotional functioning in dogs. The research findings form a tool to evaluate and shape realistic expectations of dog emotional states. They contribute significantly in our understanding of dogs’ capability for processing and responding to emotional signals, such as subtle human expressions. This has significant practical implications for various human-dog interactions, and dog welfare. The development of such an integrated toolbox for dogs will pave the way for emotion assessment in a variety of animal species in everyday settings and will ensure Europe remains at the forefront of animal emotion and welfare research.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Dogs have great social (e.g. companion dogs) and economic (e.g. working, assistance, therapy dogs) values. Their increasing presence in our society (~63 million in Europe and 500 million worldwide) calls a timely understanding of emotional processing in dogs, in order to promote human-dog bonds, ensure dog welfare and reduce dog related costs to society (e.g. dog-bite related incidents). Emotional functioning is a complex process and we currently have very little understanding of it in non-human animals, with no consensus on the theoretical framework and limited robust empirical research on dog emotion. Given recent theoretical advances (e.g. multi-component emotion process theory) in human emotion research and improved technology (e.g. integrated wearable wireless sensors), there are new opportunities to address this fundamental issue. This interdisciplinary research programme will break new ground by developing an integrated toolbox (a range of behavioural, cognitive and physiological measures) for emotion assessment, and providing the first systematic study of multi-component emotional functioning in dogs. The novel findings will result in a step change in our understanding of dogs’ capability for processing and functionally responding to emotional signals, such as subtle or even subliminal human expressions. This has significant practical implications for various human-dog interactions and dog welfare. The development of such an integrated toolbox for dogs will pave the way for emotion assessment in a variety of animal species in everyday settings and will ensure Europe remains at the forefront of animal emotion and welfare research. With combined expertise in animal cognition, behaviour and welfare, cognitive neuroscience and computer science, the interdisciplinary supervisory team will provide structured training of research and complimentary skills to the Fellow, and facilitate her development as a future leader in this emerging field.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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