Scientist breakthrough reveals new way to tell whether your dog is left or right-pawed
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Scientist breakthrough reveals new way to tell whether your dog is left or right-pawed.
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Scientists have revealed a new way to tell whether dogs favour their left or right paw.The research draws on existing techniques for assessing handedness in people.Researchers at the University of Bari Aldo Moro created what they call the "doginburgh inventory," drawing inspiration from the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, which measures human hand preference.The new approach, published today in Royal Society Open Science, aims to address longstanding inconsistencies in canine laterality research.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Marcello Siniscalchi, a veterinary physiologist who has investigated dog laterality for over two decades, said: "Over the years, scientists have used different ways to measure paw preference."This means that there is a lot of inconsistency between results."Understanding which paw a dog prefers carries significant implications for their health and temperament, according to the researchers.Evidence suggests that left-pawed canines tend to exhibit more...
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