{"pk":23999,"title":"Human Perceptions of Canine Intelligence","subtitle":null,"abstract":"What makes Lassie a smart dog? People have strong intui-tions about dogs' intelligence, yet the content and organiza-tion of these intuitions remain unknown. Two studies ex-amined the structure of laypeople's concepts of dog intelli-gence, creating a conceptual map of what people represent as a “smart” or “dumb” dog. Study 1 elicited open-ended ideas about dog intelligence. We turned consistent themes into items in a 50-item survey. Study 2 asked participants to picture either a smart or dumb dog and rate that dog on the items derived from Study 1. Participants strongly agreed in their ratings of smart and dumb dogs, and we discovered a coherent dimensional structure underlying people's intui-tions. They represent smart dogs as socially skilled with a good temperament, and dumb dogs as bad at physical rea-soning and avoiding threats. These representations align well with findings from canine research and with dog train-ers' practical knowledge.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Anthropology; Psychology; Animal cognition; Cognitive Humanities; Human Factors"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3d9549vn","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Miriam","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ross","name_suffix":"","institution":"Brown University","department":""},{"first_name":"Daphna","middle_name":"","last_name":"Buchsbaum","name_suffix":"","institution":"Brown University","department":""},{"first_name":"Bertram","middle_name":"F.","last_name":"Malle","name_suffix":"","institution":"Brown University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/23999/galley/13593/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/23999/galley/21244/download/"}]}