Invisible attitudes have visible effects on the behaviour of animals in scientific studies

10.07.2026

New study published in Animal Behaviour

Exciting new work published in Animal Behavior: in our FWF-awarded interdisciplinary collaboration with our friends from the Domestication Lab of PI Friederike Range, we show mutual influences between animal handlers' implicit and explicit attitudes and dog and wolf behavior and physiology.

  • Take home message: the field needs to be more aware of these influences and how they may affect research findings.

You can find the full paper here