Abstract
A new, exploratory study has revealed statistical links between the performance of medical detection dogs and their scores on behavioral and affective tests, finding that more 'optimistic' dogs tended to perform better overall on detection tasks, but 'pessimistic' dogs had higher scent detection specificity.
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Publication Date10 April 2025
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Primary AuthorPLOS
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SourceScienceDaily
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LanguageEnglish
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