NDLI: A critique and empirical assessment of Alexandra Horowitz and Julie Hecht’s “Examining dog–human play: the characteristics, affect, and vocalizations of a unique interspecific interaction”

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Author	Mitchell, Robert W.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Horowitz and Hecht (Anim Cog 19:779–788, 2016) presented data about activities and vocalizations during brief videotaped dog–owner play provided by owners, examined these in relation to human affect during play, and made comparisons from their results to other research on activities and vocalizations during dog–human play. In this critique, I describe problems with Horowitz and Hecht’s methodology, analyses, and evidence; in their interpretations of the data, evidence, and categorizations provided in other research, particularly my own studies of dog–human play; and in their claims of novelty for their findings. I argue that, to support their ideas about vocalizations and play types during dog–human play and their comparisons to other studies, their study requires fuller descriptions and reliability for their coding of vocalizations and play types, appropriate statistical analyses, and accurate descriptions of prior research. I also argue that their methodology provides results strikingly similar in many aspects to those of other researchers studying dog–human play, contrary to their claims of novel findings. Finally, I examine their suggestions about relationships between human affect and types of play activities and vocalizations using the videos of dog–human play I discussed in earlier publications, discovering minimal, if any, relationship.
Starting Page	553
Ending Page	565
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14359448
Journal	Animal Cognition
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14359456
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2017-02-08
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Dog–human play Human vocalizations to dogs Affect Teasing play Behavioral Sciences Zoology Psychology Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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