List of works - Peter Pongracz

A bark of its own kind – the acoustics of ‘annoying’ dog barks suggests a specific attention-evoking effect for humans

scholarly article

A comparative study of the use of visual communicative signals in interactions between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans and cats (Felis catus) and humans.

scientific article published in May 2005

A simple but powerful test of perseverative search in dogs and toddlers.

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Alarm or emotion? intranasal oxytocin helps determine information conveyed by dog barks for adult male human listeners

scholarly article published on 14 January 2024

An international perspective on ethics approval in animal behaviour and welfare research

scientific article published in 2022

Arousal, but not nursing, is necessary to elicit a decreased fear reaction toward humans in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) pups

scientific article

Assessment of owner-directed aggressive behavioural tendencies of dogs in situations of possession and manipulation.

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Barking in family dogs: an ethological approach

scientific article published on 31 January 2009

Body size awareness matters when dogs decide whether to detour an obstacle or opt for a shortcut

scientific article published on 19 October 2023

Can humans discriminate between dogs on the base of the acoustic parameters of barks?

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Can you kill a robot nanny?: Ethological approach to the effect of robot caregivers on child development and human evolution

article

Cats are (almost) liquid!-Cats selectively rely on body size awareness when negotiating short openings

scholarly article published on 18 October 2024

Cats show an unexpected pattern of response to human ostensive cues in a series of A-not-B error tests

scientific article published on 29 March 2020

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Applied Animal Behaviour Science

scholarly article

Chapter 3 The Dog as a Model for Understanding Human Social Behavior

article published in 2009

Classification of dog barks: a machine learning approach.

scientific article

Comparing supervised learning methods for classifying sex, age, context and individual Mudi dogs from barking

scientific article published on 12 October 2014

Do you see what I see? The difference between dog and human visual perception may affect the outcome of experiments.

scientific article

Dog as a model for studying conspecific and heterospecific social learning

Dog growls express various contextual and affective content for human listeners.

scientific article

Dogs (Canis familiaris) recognize their own body as a physical obstacle

scientific article published on 18 February 2021

Dogs discriminate between barks: the effect of context and identity of the caller.

scientific article published on 9 July 2009

Dogs' expectation about signalers' body size by virtue of their growls.

scientific article

Ethics approval for your experiments

scientific article published in 2022

Factors Affecting Canine Obesity Seem to Be Independent of the Economic Status of the Country-A Survey on Hungarian Companion Dogs

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Familiarity with images affects how dogs (Canis familiaris) process life-size video projections of humans

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Fear vs. frustration - Possible factors behind canine separation related behaviour

scientific article published on 16 September 2018

Forgotten, But Not Lost-Alloparental Behavior and Pup-Adult Interactions in Companion Dogs

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

How does dominance rank status affect individual and social learning performance in the dog (Canis familiaris)?

scientific article

Human handling might interfere with conspecific recognition in the european rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

scientific article published in July 2001

Human listeners are able to classify dog (Canis familiaris) barks recorded in different situations

scientific article published in May 2005

I saw where you have been--The topography of human demonstration affects dogs' search patterns and perseverative errors

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Interaction between individual experience and social learning in dogs

Mental representation and episodic-like memory of own actions in dogs

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>) to aerial and ground predators

scientific article published in 2000

Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>) to aerial and ground predators

scientific article published in 2000

Optimal prey for red fox cubs—An example of dual optimizing foraging strategy in foxes from a dynamic wetland habitat

scientific article published in 2023

Personalized dominance – a questionnaire-based analysis of the associations among personality traits and social rank of companion dogs

scientific article published on 06 January 2022

Predator for hire: The curious case of man’s best independent friend, the cat

scholarly article published in February 2024

Preference for copying unambiguous demonstrations in dogs (Canis familiaris) ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Reaching out to the public – the increase of citizen science projects in applied ethology

scientific article published in 2022

Seeing with ears: Sightless humans' perception of dog bark provides a test for structural rules in vocal communication.

scientific article published in May 2010

Social learning in dogs: the effect of a human demonstrator on the performance of dogs in a detour task

Test sensitivity is important for detecting variability in pointing comprehension in canines

scientific article published on 8 February 2013

That dog won't fit: body size awareness in dogs

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

The behaviour of overweight dogs shows similarity with personality traits of overweight humans.

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

The socio-cognitive relationship between cats and humans – Companion cats (Felis catus) as their owners see them

Threat-level-dependent manipulation of signaled body size: dog growls' indexical cues depend on the different levels of potential danger.

scientific article published on 29 July 2016

Verbal attention getting as a key factor in social learning between dog (Canis familiaris) and human

scientific article published in December 2004

List of works by Peter Pongracz

A bark of its own kind – the acoustics of ‘annoying’ dog barks suggests a specific attention-evoking effect for humans

A comparative study of the use of visual communicative signals in interactions between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans and cats (Felis catus) and humans.

A simple but powerful test of perseverative search in dogs and toddlers.

Alarm or emotion? intranasal oxytocin helps determine information conveyed by dog barks for adult male human listeners

An international perspective on ethics approval in animal behaviour and welfare research

Arousal, but not nursing, is necessary to elicit a decreased fear reaction toward humans in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) pups

Assessment of owner-directed aggressive behavioural tendencies of dogs in situations of possession and manipulation.

Barking in family dogs: an ethological approach

Body size awareness matters when dogs decide whether to detour an obstacle or opt for a shortcut

Can humans discriminate between dogs on the base of the acoustic parameters of barks?

Can you kill a robot nanny?: Ethological approach to the effect of robot caregivers on child development and human evolution

Cats are (almost) liquid!-Cats selectively rely on body size awareness when negotiating short openings

Cats show an unexpected pattern of response to human ostensive cues in a series of A-not-B error tests

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Chapter 3 The Dog as a Model for Understanding Human Social Behavior

Classification of dog barks: a machine learning approach.

Comparing supervised learning methods for classifying sex, age, context and individual Mudi dogs from barking

Do you see what I see? The difference between dog and human visual perception may affect the outcome of experiments.

Dog as a model for studying conspecific and heterospecific social learning

Dog growls express various contextual and affective content for human listeners.

Dogs (Canis familiaris) recognize their own body as a physical obstacle

Dogs discriminate between barks: the effect of context and identity of the caller.

Dogs' expectation about signalers' body size by virtue of their growls.

Ethics approval for your experiments

Factors Affecting Canine Obesity Seem to Be Independent of the Economic Status of the Country-A Survey on Hungarian Companion Dogs

Familiarity with images affects how dogs (Canis familiaris) process life-size video projections of humans

Fear vs. frustration - Possible factors behind canine separation related behaviour

Forgotten, But Not Lost-Alloparental Behavior and Pup-Adult Interactions in Companion Dogs

How does dominance rank status affect individual and social learning performance in the dog (Canis familiaris)?

Human handling might interfere with conspecific recognition in the european rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Human listeners are able to classify dog (Canis familiaris) barks recorded in different situations

I saw where you have been--The topography of human demonstration affects dogs' search patterns and perseverative errors

Interaction between individual experience and social learning in dogs

Mental representation and episodic-like memory of own actions in dogs

Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (&lt;i&gt;Oryctolagus cuniculus&lt;/i&gt;) to aerial and ground predators

Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>) to aerial and ground predators

Optimal prey for red fox cubs—An example of dual optimizing foraging strategy in foxes from a dynamic wetland habitat

Personalized dominance – a questionnaire-based analysis of the associations among personality traits and social rank of companion dogs

Predator for hire: The curious case of man’s best independent friend, the cat

Preference for copying unambiguous demonstrations in dogs (Canis familiaris) ⬇️

Reaching out to the public – the increase of citizen science projects in applied ethology

Seeing with ears: Sightless humans' perception of dog bark provides a test for structural rules in vocal communication.

Social learning in dogs: the effect of a human demonstrator on the performance of dogs in a detour task

Test sensitivity is important for detecting variability in pointing comprehension in canines

That dog won't fit: body size awareness in dogs

The behaviour of overweight dogs shows similarity with personality traits of overweight humans.

The socio-cognitive relationship between cats and humans – Companion cats (Felis catus) as their owners see them

Threat-level-dependent manipulation of signaled body size: dog growls' indexical cues depend on the different levels of potential danger.

Verbal attention getting as a key factor in social learning between dog (Canis familiaris) and human

When rank counts — dominant dogs learn better from a human demonstrator in a two-action test

‘Beware, I am big and non-dangerous!’ – Playfully growling dogs are perceived larger than their actual size by their canine audience

‘The bone is mine’: affective and referential aspects of dog growls

Ontogeny of the responses of European rabbits (<i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i>) to aerial and ground predators