Ihmisen paras ystävä - emotionaaliset, fysiologiset ja käyttäytymisen synkronisaatio lajien välillä (Agria_SocialDog)
Päärahoittaja
Rahoittajan antama koodi/diaarinumero: N2022-0007
Päärahoittajan myöntämä tuki (€)
- 32 634,45
Rahoitusohjelma
Hankkeen aikataulu
Hankkeen aloituspäivämäärä: 01.01.2023
Hankkeen päättymispäivämäärä: 30.04.2024
Tiivistelmä
Today, domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are members of human families. In 2018, approx. 470
million dogs were kept as pets in the world. 700 000 pet dogs lived in Finland alone, exceeding
the number of human inhabitants of the capital Helsinki. The Finnish Kennel Club also registers
approx. 50 000 pedigree dogs annually, which exceeds the number of human infants born in
Finland: for many young couples, dogs appear a substitute of a baby. Dogs have societal roles as
guardians, hunters, shepherds and therapy facilitators; they work with the customs, police, and army. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have spent more time in their homes and adopted pets as companions, raising the numbers of pet dogs even higher. What are the underlying mechanisms behind this across-species friendship, and how do the dog owners’ psychological and physiological qualities affect the welfare of the dog? And finally, how could we facilitate the selection of pet dogs in a way that would be beneficial for both the human and the dog, sculpting them an emotionally functional dyad?
This project will clarify the psychological modulators (temperament and individual characteristics, empathy, experience and learning) and physiological and biometric derivatives (non-invasive brain responses, heart rate variability (HRV), 3D motion with accelerometers) of both humans and dogs, within several points of behavior and human-dog interaction.
million dogs were kept as pets in the world. 700 000 pet dogs lived in Finland alone, exceeding
the number of human inhabitants of the capital Helsinki. The Finnish Kennel Club also registers
approx. 50 000 pedigree dogs annually, which exceeds the number of human infants born in
Finland: for many young couples, dogs appear a substitute of a baby. Dogs have societal roles as
guardians, hunters, shepherds and therapy facilitators; they work with the customs, police, and army. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have spent more time in their homes and adopted pets as companions, raising the numbers of pet dogs even higher. What are the underlying mechanisms behind this across-species friendship, and how do the dog owners’ psychological and physiological qualities affect the welfare of the dog? And finally, how could we facilitate the selection of pet dogs in a way that would be beneficial for both the human and the dog, sculpting them an emotionally functional dyad?
This project will clarify the psychological modulators (temperament and individual characteristics, empathy, experience and learning) and physiological and biometric derivatives (non-invasive brain responses, heart rate variability (HRV), 3D motion with accelerometers) of both humans and dogs, within several points of behavior and human-dog interaction.
Vastuullinen johtaja
Päävastuullinen yksikkö
Seurantakohteet
Profiloitumisalue: Hyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisö (Jyväskylän yliopisto JYU) JYU.Well; Käyttäytymisen muutos, hyvinvointi ja terveys elämänkulussa (Jyväskylän yliopisto JYU) BC-Well
