Dogs ignore bad advice that humans follow

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 19:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Dogs are less likely to follow bad advice than children, according to a new study conducted at the Canine Cognition Center at Yale. In contrast to children, dogs only copy a human’s actions if they are absolutely necessary for solving the task at hand, according to a recently published study appearing in the journal Developmental […]

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