Animal Psychology

If you have been following social media trends recently, you might have noticed the viral videos featuring dogs using soundboard buttons to communicate with their owners. These videos often show dogs pressing buttons labelled with words like "outside," "play," or "food," leading to claims that dogs can form near-sentences and make requests or alert...

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at University of California, Davis, did an extensive survey to find out what factors compelled the non-vegetarians to turn into vegetarians.

It can be hard to figure out the best way to make their animals' lives better. Enter Companion Animal Psychology, a blog packed with research-based information on how pets think.

Is it possible to hear a silent GIF? That's the question many are asking after a GIF first created in 2008 by Twitter user @IamHappyToast resurfaced and went viral. Dr Lisa DeBruine, a researcher at the University of Glasgow, tweeted and asked her followers whether they could "hear" the GIF. Surprisingly, even though the GIF has no audio, many rep...

If you have been following social media trends recently, you might have noticed the viral videos featuring dogs using soundboard buttons to communicate with their owners. These videos often show dogs pressing buttons labelled with words like "outside," "play," or "food," leading to claims that dogs can form near-sentences and make requests or alert...

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at University of California, Davis, did an extensive survey to find out what factors compelled the non-vegetarians to turn into vegetarians.

It can be hard to figure out the best way to make their animals' lives better. Enter Companion Animal Psychology, a blog packed with research-based information on how pets think.

Is it possible to hear a silent GIF? That's the question many are asking after a GIF first created in 2008 by Twitter user @IamHappyToast resurfaced and went viral. Dr Lisa DeBruine, a researcher at the University of Glasgow, tweeted and asked her followers whether they could "hear" the GIF. Surprisingly, even though the GIF has no audio, many rep...