Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026theconversation.com/the-science-...theconversation.comThe science of happier dogs: 5 tips to help your canine friends live their best lifeScience from a four-paw perspective can help us reconsider our everyday interactions with dogs and influence positive changes so we can live well, together. 074
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaBrandon Moore, PhD @rando.insalubrio.us · 11/08/2026Brain scans suggest that dogs can tell the difference between happy human faces and negative ones, and that their brains can also distinguish some negative facial expressions like fear and anger! 🧪 www.cell.com/iscience/ful... 0266
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaUniversität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 11/08/2026Wissenschafter*innen – und Hundeliebhaber*innen – wissen schon lange, dass Hunde bemerkenswert gut darin sind, menschliches Lachen, Stirnrunzeln & Tränen zu deuten. 🐶 Gehirnscans liefern nun erstmals den Nachweis, dass Hunde zwischen bestimmten negativen Gesichtsausdrücken unterscheiden können. 🧠 ⤵️univie.ac.atGehirnscans zeigen: Hunde können Emotionen in menschlichen Gesichtern unterscheidenForscher*innen lieferten den ersten Beweis überhaupt dafür, dass Hunde Emotionen in menschlichen Gesichtsausdrücken erkennen können 13514
Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If you live with dogs, you probably already know that they pay close attention to our emotions. 🐶 But what happens in their brains when they look at our faces? 🧠 Our paper on how dogs' brains represent human emotional faces is out today in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🌼 doi.org/10.1016/j.is... 197
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 24/07/2026A new study of great ape laughter also gives clues about how humans’ ancient ancestors started speaking.tcnv.linkDifferences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speechA new study of great ape laughter also gives clues about how humans’ ancient ancestors started speaking. 074
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaLeela Channer @leelachanner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026My first publication! Grateful to have had the opportunity to work on this with such an amazing and global team – and good fun to work the on the press and social media releases. 2186
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAnimal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 03/08/2026📢 Hi Bluesky, it's us again! If you prefer, submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2026! Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord! 📅 Nov 12 | Free, online, worldwide 🌍Studying Behaviour In A Changing World 🔗 Learn more, register, submit Register here: lnkd.in/eGs--Ueq 0128
Reposted by Laura V. Cuayakaroger.bsky.social @karoger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I am happy to share that the second paper of my PhD has been published 🥳 I got to work with dog puppies at the age of 6 to 8 weeks 🐶😍 and test them in an Overimitation task: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.meRedirecting 072
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaChristoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely! 19083
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026New 🫏 🔽 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0124
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 17/06/20262026. Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task. new from us, led by @chimpsahoi.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... 0127
Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026What is better than one dog playing? Seventeen dogs, of course 😊 🐶 Check out our open Zenodo dataset on dog sounds during social play zenodo.org/records/1897... 131
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaTay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 20/06/20261/10 Each species lives in a different temporal world. Just as each species lives in its own “Umwelt”, this Umwelt includes a “timescape”. The authors of this study (@singhal.bsky.social, J. Birch, and A. Seth) propose five “windows” to study it. (paper) linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii... 12510
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAlan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Goats can find food by following a human voice. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comGoats can find food by following a human voice, study findsExperiments show 29 animals moved towards a treat-filled bucket 60% of the time when guided by a researcher 0123
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaDr. Helena Hartmann (she/her) @helenahartmann.com · 18/06/2026We need a few more people, please consider participating in this very short study - you can also win something! 😁 043
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Is your cat truly happy? New research provides answers 🥼 We all think our cats are doing great 🐈 our study of 400+ caretakers found an average quality of life score of 89/100. But when we looked more closely, the picture was more nuanced 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #CatWelfare #AnimalWelfare #Catsdoi.orgRedirecting 2128
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaTay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 16/06/20261/16 Do other species understand death? In this study with cockatoos, we approach this question from its foundation, by studying one of its central components: sensitivity to the permanent loss of a function. I will explain it in this thread (with videos) (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41... 26129
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 31/01/2026After years of working with Gifted dogs, this paper marks the end of that chapter for me 🐕 We compared gifted and typical dogs and found that what sets gifted dogs apart may not be curiosity, but their social motivation Grateful to the dogs and their humans 💙 link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comToy exploration in gifted word learner dogs and typical dogs - Animal CognitionLabelling has a pronounced effect on increasing infants’ attention to objects. At the same time, infants actively seek social cues when presented with novel objects and early signs of communicative in... 0135
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaMax Steininger @maxsteininger.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Our preregistered systematic review & meta-analysis published in Nature Mental Health shows that nature exposure is linked to small-to-moderate reductions in self-reported pain (SMD = .53; N = 4,439). But high heterogeneity and moderate-to-high risk of bias call for a cautious interpretation (1/5)nature.comNature exposure reduces self-reported pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Mental HealthThe authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 62 studies, including more than 4,400 participants across 21 countries, to investigate the effects of nature exposure on self-reported pa... 1128
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaTay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social 261328544
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaBoryana Todorova @todorova.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs. pro-environmental decisions” is now published in Communications Psychology! 🌿 OA link: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/6nature.comEffort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions - Communications PsychologyPeople are less willing to incur time and effort costs for the environment than for themselves, with computational modeling revealing nonlinear discounting of time and effort linked to support for cos... 1196
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaAndrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Just posted a new preprint! Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2168
Reposted by Laura V. CuayaLuise Graichen @graichenl.bsky.social · 20/10/2025✨My first first-author paper is out✨ Entorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formation in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ rdcu.be/eLRm2 Big thanks to everyone @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, @olejensen.bsky.social, @doellerlab.bsky.social, @clauslamm.bsky.socialrdcu.beEntorhinal grid-like codes for visual space during memory formationNature Communications - Eye movements during scene viewing are tied to grid-like codes in the entorhinal cortex. Grid signals are specific to later remembered scenes, covary with activity in... 26424
Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · 26/08/2025It’s been a long time coming. To commemorate August 2024, we celebrate one era at a time, each with a wonderstruck study and a sparkling canine mind. Welcome to The Mind Tour, Dogs’ Version! 🎉 162
Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · 09/04/2025In meiner Forschung untersuche ich die neuronalen Grundlagen sozialer Kognition von Hunden. Ich möchte verstehen wie Umweltfaktoren das Hundehirn evolutionär so geprägt haben, dass Hunde besonders gut mit Personen kommunizieren und Bindungen eingehen 1/2 #IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien 151