Dog-wolf differences: caution is needed to avoid overgeneralisation of scanty data

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¹ Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Lendület 'Momentum' Companion Animal Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.
² Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.
³ Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
⁴ Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: adam.miklosi@ttk.elte.hu.

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E Kubinyi et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;26(9):728-729.

doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

¹ Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Lendület 'Momentum' Companion Animal Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.
² Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary.
³ Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
⁴ Department of Ethology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest 1117, Hungary; MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: adam.miklosi@ttk.elte.hu.

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Taking confounding factors and life experience seriously.
Range F, Marshall-Pescini S. Range F, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022 Sep;26(9):730-731. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.007. Epub 2022 Jul 12. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022. PMID: 35840477 No abstract available.

Comparing wolves and dogs: current status and implications for human 'self-domestication'.
Range F, Marshall-Pescini S. Range F, et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022 Apr;26(4):337-349. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.01.003. Epub 2022 Feb 7. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022. PMID: 35294857 Review.