%0 Journal Article
%T Behavioral and Perceptual Differences between Sexes in Dogs: An Overview
%A Alessandra Alterisio
%A Anna Di Cosmo
%A Anna Scandurra
%J Archive of "Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI".
%D 2018
%R 10.3390/ani8090151
%X We explore the differences in male and female dogs regarding personality traits as well as cognitive and perceptual processes. Our aim was to explore whether the differences in male and female dogs were affected by the domestication process. The results show that dogs are largely in line with the life-history theories, reflecting the sex differences described in wild animals
%K dog behavior
%K aggressiveness
%K boldness
%K navigation strategy
%K distractibility
%K lateralization
%K sociability
%K excitability
%K olfactory skill
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6162565/