Congratulations to Dr. London Wolff for completing her PhD in the lab! And we can't forget Linus finishing his dogtoral degree! Well done!
UNL Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab
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We are the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We study dog behavior and cognition along with the canine-human bond. The team is lead by @jeffreyrstevens.bsky.social.
📢 Preprint alert TD;LR 🐶 ❤️ 🟨 We replicated methods from Roy et al. (2025) who studied color preferences in free-ranging #dogs in India. We replicated their results, finding that young pet dogs in the US also prefer the color 💛yellow💛.
PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 6mo agoColor preferences in dogs: A replication study: https://osf.io/v8phx
Happy Valentine's Day from our pups to yours! Enjoy these psychology-themed Valentines! #dogs #valentinesday
I interviewed @alisonpstevens.bsky.social about her book Detective Dogs: How Working Dogs Sniff Out Invasive Species. It's a fascinating (and fun) account of the work of conservation dogs and would make a great gift for kids. www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/12/an-i...
An Interview with Alison Pearce Stevens about Detective Dogs
Alison Pearce Stevens tells me why she wrote her book Detective Dogs and how dogs' noses can help sniff out invasive species.
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Want to learn about how dogs' amazing sense of smell can help us battle invasive species? Pick up a copy of Detective Dogs! Come to the launch party at Francie & Finch Bookshop this Friday, Sept 19 at 5:30pm in Lincoln, NE. There will be real-life sniffer dogs showing how they do their work! 🐶🐕🐾
Alison Pearce Stevens@alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 11mo agoWelcome to the world, little book! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com. @holidayhouse.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @wd4c.bsky.social #BookBirthday #MG #NF #K-12 #KidLit #Dogs #Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #SnifferDogs #STEMeducation #STEM #STEAM
I'm super excited to promote @alisonpstevens.bsky.social Detective Dogs for International Dog Day. I got to help research this and even took the cover photo! Comes out Sept 16. Preorder at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752555...
Detective Dogs by Alison Pearce Stevens: 9780823455645 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A lively introduction to some of North America's most troublesome invasive species—and to the industrious dogs and handlers working to stop their spread! Meet Fenton and Frost; Fagen and Dia; Hilo,.....
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Alison Pearce Stevens@alisonpstevens.bsky.social · 11mo agoOn this #InternationalDogDay, Piper is excited to learn about the intrepid sniffer dogs helping to protect our natural spaces! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com #STEMeducation #STEAM #STEM #conservation #dogs #K12 #MG #NF @holiday-house.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Congratulations, @anwyngd.bsky.social!
Jeff Stevens@jeffreyrstevens.com · last yr.I'm super excited to announce that Anwyn Gatesy-Davis @anwyngd.bsky.social completed their Master's degree at #UNL! Well done and congratulations! Interested in herding dogs? Stay tuned to find out what factors influence herding dog performance!
📢 Publication alert 📢 We just published a paper in Psychological Topics describing our study of factors influencing #dogs' abilities to understand quantities! 🐶 Check out our blog post on How Do Dogs Quantify Things: dogcog.unl.edu/blog/how-do-... Or read the article: pt.ffri.hr/pt/article/v...
🐶🐕🐩 My colleagues in the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) are conducting a survey of dog owners. So if you are a dog owner, please consider completing their survey at tally.so/r/nPXKPb. #dogs
To recap our last year, we have released CCHIL Wrapped 2024. Find out how many dogs participated in studies, how many enrolled in our database, what our most common names and breeds are, and lots of other cool facts about our year!