Do Dogs Have a Negativity Bias?

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Do Dogs Have a Negativity Bias?

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New information on dog behavior research:
The Science Dog wrote:Do dogs have it? Since it is theorized that negativity bias evolved as a survival trait, we would expect to see it in other animals. So, do dogs have it? A group of researchers at the Clever Dog Lab of the University of Vienna published a recent paper that offers some clues.
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