 Volunteer opportunities as assistants are available for undergraduates to directly participate in dog and human studies investigating the similariaties and differences in human and animal cognition. Such experience is very helpful in deciding both what to do after college, as well as obtaining experience for applying to graduate programs. With an appropriate level of work, participation can lead to conference presentations and/or publications. Undergraduate assistants have earned credit on poster presentations at the International Conference on Comparative Cognition and the Association for Psychological Science, as well as authorship on recently submitted papers to journals (*keep your fingers crossed*). One student also earned a position for the summer (and monetary support) through a Hood Summer Research Institute Grant. Students participating over multiple semesters are encouraged to explore, develop, and implement their own ideas. Opportunities: Dogs: The types of questions and methods we use to investigate the ways in which dogs think about the world are summarized in the task information page. Duties typically include working with dogs and their owners, video coding, data entry, recruitment, and literature review. Humans: We are currently investigating relationships between self-reported attention symptoms and pattern learning using a computer analogue of a task developed for rats. Duties typically include working with participants, data entry, recruitment, and data coding. General requirements:
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For more information or to volunteer, e-mail: HoodDogStudy@gmail.com or Kundey@hood.edu. |