Silvan R. Urfer

Now at 17 accepted papers and still more in the pipeline. Keep'em coming!

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Abstracts for the Canine Science Conference in Vancouver are due tomorrow March 13th. Submit yours here: caninesciencesociety.org/abstract-submi… #CSC2026

@hubermanlab How do you reconcile this with the fact that life expectancy has gone up while age of puberty onset has been going down over at least the last 100 years?

How early and how fast you progress through puberty may be the strongest non-lifestyle predictor of lifespan.

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Ending the third day of #CSF2023, we have Eleonora Biffi, presenting evidence of #sound #symbolism in adult #dogs. #CanineScience

Next at #CSF2025, we have Fumi Higaki talking about sound quality effects on #dogs' ability to recognize played-back words. #CanineScience

Clearly, #AI-based #dog gait and facial analysis is another overarching theme of this year's #CSF2025. Certainly an interesting topic. #CanineScience

Next at #CSF2025, we have Harry Gill talking about markerless tracking for #AI-based gait analysis in #dogs. #CanineScience

Closing out this session of #CSF2025, we have Petra Dobos of ELTE presenting a study on the effect of functional #breed selection and social environment on body awareness in #dogs. #CanineScience

Now at #CSF2025, we have Ann-Kathrin Fritsche presenting a #veterinary #dog case report involving acute #pain and its influence on an ongoing training process. #CanineScience

Now at #CSF2025, we have Annika Bremhorst talking about #canine (pain) #behavior research through #citizenscience data collection via mobile app. #CanineScience

#Dogs generally try and work hard to fit in; if/when they refuse, #pain should be ruled out. #CanineScience

#Nociception is a physiological process, but #pain is an #emotion. #CanineScience

Now at #CSF2025 we have Daniel Mills of @unilincoln talking about #pain, discomfort and #behavior in #dogs as "The Science of the Individual". #CanineScience

Rounding out the morning session of #CSF2025, we have Petra Eretová talking about human evaluation of the intensity of #emotions in brachycephalic and normocephalic #dogs. #CanineScience

The question of how to measure and quantify #emotion in #dogs is a pervasive theme of #CSF2025, and it's excellent that we're talking about it. #CanineScience

Next at #CSF2025, we have Francesca Furik talking about non-invasive EEG use to measure neural representation of human emotional odors in the #dog #brain. #CanineScience

Now at #CSF2025, we have Carmen Heritier talking about the freeze response in stressed #dogs. #CanineScience