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Personality test for dogs

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Pet project may to help unravel the biological basis of character.

A test that can assess a dog's personality has helped to prove what pet owners know, but many psychologists deny: pooches have personality. The test, developed by Sam Gosling from the University of Texas at Austin and his colleagues, may help researchers to unravel the biology of animal and human character.

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  1. Gosling, S. D. et al. A dog's got personality: a cross-species comparative approach to personality judgements in dogs and humans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1161 - 1169, (2004).

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  1. Helen R. Pilcher
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Pilcher, H. Personality test for dogs. Nature (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/news040119-2

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