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@ManyDogsProject
ManyDogs is a consortium of researchers dedicated to collaboration and open science practices in the field of Canine Science through multi-lab studies 🐶
manydogs.orgJoined August 2020
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Laura V. Cuaya
@Lauveri
@ManyDogsProject
"The mission of the
@ManyDogsProject
is to replicate important findings in the field of #CanineScience, set rigorous methods, leverage large samples to study moderators (e.g., breed) and cultural differences, and foster collaboration."
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1/6 What is ManyDogs? An international, collaborative group of canine professionals from multiple industries working with dogs in a quest to gain knowledge and improve interspecies relationships! For a full introduction, read our paper: psyarxiv.com/j82uc/ #AnimBehav2023
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This figure broadly demonstrates those currently involved in ManyDogs (primarily Academic Professionals, and Dogs and Owners, identified in light blue) while highlighting additional canine professionals (Industry Professionals, in yellow, and Applied Professionals in orange, and likely others in The Future, in dark blue) the consortium aims to involve.
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Brown Dog Lab
@browndoglab
We are proud to be a part of the awesome collaborative effort of the
@ManyDogsProject
!
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@ManyDogsProject
1/6 What is ManyDogs? An international, collaborative group of canine professionals from multiple industries working with dogs in a quest to gain knowledge and improve interspecies relationships! For a full introduction, read our paper: psyarxiv.com/j82uc/ #AnimBehav2023
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This figure broadly demonstrates those currently involved in ManyDogs (primarily Academic Professionals, and Dogs and Owners, identified in light blue) while highlighting additional canine professionals (Industry Professionals, in yellow, and Applied Professionals in orange, and likely others in The Future, in dark blue) the consortium aims to involve.
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Marianne Freeman
@DrMSFreeman
This was such a great project to be involved in. Follow
@ManyDogsProject
for more info and future projects
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@ManyDogsProject
5/6 Full data collection is complete as of this month, with 19 labs, ~70 scientists, and 700 dogs ultimately participating in our first study. Stay tuned for our updated findings across this large and diverse sample, which we’ll share here: psyarxiv.com/f86jq/ #AnimBehav2023
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A map of the current distribution of ManyDogs contributing labs, located throughout the United States, Canada, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, and Austria.
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Thinking Dog Center at Hunter College
@HunterTDC
We’re very pleased to have been a testing site for
@ManyDogsProject
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@ManyDogsProject
1/6 What is ManyDogs? An international, collaborative group of canine professionals from multiple industries working with dogs in a quest to gain knowledge and improve interspecies relationships! For a full introduction, read our paper: psyarxiv.com/j82uc/ #AnimBehav2023
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This figure broadly demonstrates those currently involved in ManyDogs (primarily Academic Professionals, and Dogs and Owners, identified in light blue) while highlighting additional canine professionals (Industry Professionals, in yellow, and Applied Professionals in orange, and likely others in The Future, in dark blue) the consortium aims to involve.
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@ManyDogsProject
4/6 Our first pre-registered project studied pointing comprehension. Pilot data w/ 61 dogs showed they followed points if preceded by ostensive cues (eye contact, high pitched tone), but not if preceded by nonostensive cues (downward gaze, throat clearing). #AnimBehav2023
Violin and dot plot of dogs’ performance (N=61) across the Non-ostensive and Ostensive conditions (a) and the Odor Control condition (b) of preliminary data. The red dashed lines show the chance level of 0.5. Dots represent the mean proportion correct for each individual. The grey lines connect dots representing the same individuals. The error bars represent 95% within-subjects confidence intervals; the filled circles on top of the error bars show the fitted model.
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@ManyDogsProject
2/6 Why dogs? Studying dogs can inform basic science questions about behavior & cognition, evolution, and even human health. Plus dogs are prevalent in our society and homes, so there are practical & applied benefits—with welfare implications—to understanding them. #AnimBehav2023
a large crowd of dogs and three bicyclists travel down a country road.
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@ManyDogsProject
Come to this
@BigTeamSciCon
session on 10/27 to hear about the benefits and challenges of participating in big team science from early career researchers, including our own Julia Espinosa (
@scienceofdog
), Project Coordinator of the first study of
@ManyDogsProject
! #BTSCON2022
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ManyBabies
@Many_Babies
"Little Fish in Big Ponds" panel Thurs, Oct 27 - 12:30-1:30pm EDT Hear from early career researchers (ECRs) about their experiences participating in Big Team Science projects #BTSCON2022
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@ManyDogsProject
At
@BigTeamSciCon
, you can learn about starting a big-team science project from the people leading these efforts, including
@ManyDogsProject
Co-Directors Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere (
@sebyosiere
) and Jeff Stevens (
@JeffStevensADML
)! #BTSCON2022
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ManyBabies
@Many_Babies
"So you want to start a Big Team Science network" panel Fri, Oct 28 - 2:30-3:30pm EDT Panelists from new and established BTS networks will share their insights @Krista_BH @JKileyHamlin @CRChartier Drew Altschul @sebyosiere @JeffStevensADML @Dr_RMiller #BTSCON2022
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@ManyDogsProject
2022 Big Team Science Conference starts tomorrow!
@BigTeamSciCon
Join (for free!) 10/27 & 10/28 for amazing content, including presentations by
@ManyDogsProject
as well as many of our partners in Big Team Science
@ManyPrimates
@TheManyBirds
@TheManyFishes
@PRIMatE_RE
@Many_Babies
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2022 Big Team Science Conference
@BigTeamSciCon
Just 3 more days until the [virtual] 2022 Big Team Science Conference! ☑️Registration? Still open and free! ☑️Program? Finalized and on our website! ☑️Excitement levels? Very high! All info is on our website: bigteamscienceconference.github.io/index
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@ManyDogsProject
Congrats on a great start, Comparative Cognition Science Lab! We're thrilled to be collaborating with
@LjerkaOstojic
@tsrdoc and
@UniRijeka
on our first multi-lab project 🐶🙌💙
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Ljerka Ostojic
@LjerkaOstojic
So we're back! @tsrdoc (so glad we're now also working together in science!!!) and I officially opened up the testing season for the new Comparative Cognitive Science Lab @UniRijeka with happy and excited dogs!
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@ManyDogsProject
We're so excited to see
@TheManyGoats
getting started! 🐐🧡
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ManyGoats
@TheManyGoats
Hello world! We are ManyGoats, an international network of goat scientists Inspired by @ManyPrimates, @ManyDogsProject, @TheManyBirds & others, we aim to facilitate open, reproducible 🐐 behaviour & welfare science. How? By running multi-site behaviour studies worldwide! 1/n
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Congrats
@HunterTDC
on starting data collection! 🎉 We're thrilled to work with you on this exciting #BigTeamScience project 🙌🐶 #dogs of #NYC: Consider going to visit our fantastic collaborators at the Thinking Dog Center, we heard the treats are the most excellent🍗🥓🥩🧀
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Thinking Dog Center at Hunter College
@HunterTDC
🚨 New In-Person Study! Come participate in our new one-time visit study! This study is a part of the ManyDogs Project, a collaborative effort by labs around the world to gain a better understanding of dog behavior and cognition. This is the first multi-site study by ManyDogs!
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@ManyDogsProject
It's so exciting to see this project come together through the contributions of many scientists! 🙌🎉🐶 #BigTeamScience Join us! We're looking for labs to participate in our study on point following in dogs, visit our website for info on how to join: manydogsproject.github.io
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Gita Gnanadesikan
@g_gnanadesikan
Had a great time today training two undergrads on the @ManyDogsProject protocol! They will both be collecting data for the collaborative project and working on individualized senior theses.👩‍🔬 ManyDogs1 is still recruiting collaborators! For more info: manydogsproject.github.io/md1/🐶
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One student, to the right, pointing at one of two blue cups and making eye contact with a dog (black lab), who is being handled by another student.
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@ManyDogsProject
What is ManyDogs 1? It's a multi-lab study investigating how dogs respond to different types of human pointing gestures. We have designed a single protocol for labs around the world to implement with their local dog populations. Interested in joining? Here's a quick overview!
Contributor Sign-Up for ManyDogs 1. Step 1: Read the ManyDogs Manual and Study 1 Protocol. Step 2: Prep information about your site, including ethics status, a floor plan of your testing space, and information about the stimuli you'll be using. Step 3: Register your lab through the online Contributor Survey (see the Manual) and upload your documents. Step 4: Join our communication network Step 5: Train your research team on the protocol and send in experimenter practice videos for feedback and standardization. Step 6: Start collecting data!
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@ManyDogsProject
4. Piloting with 46 dogs across 3 labs—including 15 breeds and mixed-breed dogs—demonstrated high rates of participation, with 42 dogs completing the entire testing session! We have filed a pre-registration (
@OSFramework
) of our methodology and planned analyses. #AnimBehav2021
A dog participant learning to touch a cup containing a treat.
A dog waiting at the start line, being held by a handler, who is looking down to avoid unintentional cueing.
Dog participant learning to find food under cups.
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@ManyDogsProject
3. By using a standardized protocol while allowing for certain variation across labs, our collaboration will address the #replicability crisis and explore the effects of methodological variables such as indoor/outdoor testing, room size, and owner presence. #AnimBehav2021
Non-ostensive point, demonstrated in the Arizona Canine Cognition Center.
Ostensive point, demonstrated in the Clever Dog Lab in Vienna.
Reward presentation, demonstrated at the University of Toronto.
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@ManyDogsProject
2. Our first project, ManyDogs1, seeks to 1) replicate the finding that dogs follow human points on a large scale, and 2) explore whether dogs perceive human points as informative or imperative by varying the ostensiveness (eye contact & name use) of the gesture. #AnimBehav2021
Photo of an experimenter pointing at a cup non-ostensively (looking down), with a dog in the foreground.
Photo of an experimenter pointing at a cup ostensively (looking at the dog).
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ManyDogs
@ManyDogsProject
We're looking forward to sharing our project at the Global Animal Behavior Twitter Conference!
@g_gnanadesikan
will be tweeting from our account about ManyDogs' first multi-lab study at 5pm EST, Jan 27th 🐶🐶 #AnimBehav2021
@AnimBehSociety
@asab_tweets
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Gita Gnanadesikan
@g_gnanadesikan
I'm looking forward to presenting at #AnimBehav2021! I'll be discussing breed differences in dog cognition based on my recent @Dognition papers, as well as presenting on behalf of @ManyDogsProject. @DrEmilyBray will also be discussing our lab's ongoing work with @ccicanine!🐕🐩🐕‍🦺 twitter.com/AnimBehSociety…
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