Publications

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• Pelgrim, M. H., Espinosa, J., & Buchsbaum, D. (2023). The Impact of Quality and Familiarity on Dogs’ Food Preferences. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9v26x7rt  

• ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J.*, Stevens, J.R., Alberghina, D., Alway, H.E.E., Barela, J.D., Bogese, M., Bray, E.E., Buchsbaum, D. Byosiere, S.-E., Byrne, M., Cavalli, C. M., Chaudoir, L. M., Collins-Pisano, C., DeBoer, H.J., Douglas L.E.L.C., Dror, S., Dzik, M.V., Ferguson, B., Fisher, L., Fitzpatrick, H.C., Freeman, M.S., Frinton, S.N., Glover, M.K., Gnanadesikan, G.E., Goacher, J.E.P., Golańska, M., Guran, C.-N.A., Hare, E., Hare, B. Hickey, M., Horschler, D.J., Huber, L., Jim, H.-L., Johnston, A.M., Kaminski, J. Kelly, D.M., Kuhlmeier, V.A., Lassiter, L., Lazarowski, L., Leighton-Birch, J., MacLean, E.L., Maliszewska, K., Marra, V., Montgomery, L.I., Murray, M.S., Nelson, E.K., Ostojić, L., Palermo, S.G., Parks Russell, A.E., Pelgrim, M.H., Pellowe, S.D., Reinholz, A., Rial, L.A., Richards, E.M., Ross, M.A., Rothkoff, L.G., Salomons, H., Sanger, J.K., Santos, L., Shirle, A.R., Shearer, S.J., Silver, Z.A., Silverman, J.M., Sommese, A., Srdoc, T., St. John-Mosse, H., Vega, A.C., Vékony, K., Völter, C.J., Walsh C.J., Worth, Y.A., Zipperling, L.M.I., Żołędziewska, B., Zylberfuden, S.G. (2023). ManyDogs 1: A Multi-Lab Replication Study of Dogs’ Pointing Comprehension. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 10(3), 232-286. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.10.03.03.2023 *Co-founder, corresponding author

• ManyDogs, Alberghina, D., Bray, E., Buchsbaum, D., Byosiere, S., Espinosa, J., Gnanadesikan, G., Guran, C.-N. A., Hare, E., Horschler, D., Huber, L., Kuhlmeier, V. A., MacLean, E., Pelgrim, M. H., Perez, B., Ravid-Schurr, D., Rothkoff, L., Sexton, C., Silver, Z., & Stevens, J. R. (2023). ManyDogs Project: A Big Team Science Approach to Investigating Canine Behavior and Cognition. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 18, 59-77.  https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2023.180004 

• Pelgrim, M. H., Espinosa, J., & Buchsbaum, D. (2023). Head-Mounted Mobile Eye-Tracking in the Domestic Dog: A New Method. Behavior Research Methods, 55, 1924-1941.  https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01907-3

• Espinosa, J., Tecwyn, E. C., & Buchsbaum, D. (2021). Searching high and low: Domestic dogs' understanding of solidity. Animal Cognition, 25, 555-570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01568-3   

• Espinosa, J., Dong, L., & Buchsbaum, D. (2021). Domestic dogs' gaze and behavior association in 2-alternative choice tasks. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 43, 2616-2622. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pt3vh 

• Pelgrim, M. H., Espinosa, J., Tecwyn, E., Marton, S.M., Johnston, A. M.,  & Buchsbaum, D. (2021). What's the Point? Domestic Dogs' Sensitivity to the Accuracy of Human Informants. Animal Cognition, 24, 281-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01493-5  

• Espinosa, J., & Starmans, C. (2020). Control it and it’s yours: Children’s reasoning about the ownership of living things. Cognition, 202, 104319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104319

• Byosiere, S.-E., Espinosa, J., & Smith, B. (2018). The function of play bows in Canis lupus and its variants: A comparison of dingo (Canis lupus dingo), dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and wolf puppies (Canis lupus), Behaviour, 155(5), 369-388. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003495     

• Alhoy-Dellaire, J., Espinosa, J., & Mason, G., (2018). Play and optimal welfare: does play behaviour indicate the presence of positive affective states? Behavioral Processes, 156, 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.11.011     

• Byosiere, S.-E., Espinosa, J., & Smuts, B. B. (2016). Investigating the function of play bows in adult pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). Behavioral Processes, 125, 106-113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2016.02.007    

• Byosiere, S.-E., Espinosa, J., Marshall-Pescini, S., Smuts, B. B., & Range, F. (2016). Investigating the function of play bows in dog and wolf puppies (Canis lupus familiaris, Canis lupus occidentalis). PLOS One, 11(12), e0168570, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168570    

• ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J., Hare, E., Alberghina, D., Perez Valverde, B. M., Stevens, J. R. (submitted). Data From ManyDogs 1. Under review at Journal of Open Psychology Data. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/jw24a

• ManyDogs Project, Espinosa, J.*, Bray, E. E., Buchsbaum, D., Byosiere, S. M., Byrne, M., Freeman, M. S., Gnanadesikan, G. E., Guran, A., Horschler, D. J., Huber, L., Johnston, A. M., MacLean, E. L., Pelgrim, M. H., Santos, L., Silver, Z. A., Stevens, J. R., Völter, C. J., & Zipperling, L. (pre-registered report accepted in principle). ManyDogs 1: A Multi-Lab Replication Study of Dogs' Pointing Comprehension. Animal Behavior and Cognition. Preprint of the pre-registered study: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/f86jq. *Co-founder, corresponding author

• Espinosa, J., Corbit, L., McGinn, K., Pelgrim, M. H., & Buchsbaum, D. (in prep). Domestic dogs‘ sensitivity to the temporal priority principle.

• Espinosa, J., & MacDonald, S. (in prep). The secret minds of pets: Perceptions of emotion and cognition in companion animals

• Espinosa, J., & Buchsbaum, D. (in prep). Four variations on visible displacement: Domestic dogs‘ understanding of object occlusion

• Espinosa, J., Flint, H., & Niel, L. (in prep). Dog owner recognition and assessment of dog fear behaviour.