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Researchers created a "Virtual Labrador" to explore how humans behave around aggressive and non-reactive dogs in virtual reality

09.28.22 | PLOS

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DAVE: Behaviours in the non-reactive (1-5) and aggressive (L0-L9) scenarios.
(1) lying down, (2) standing, looking left and right with tail wagging, (3) sitting with mouth open with relaxed tail, (4) Sniffing ground and (5) Step forward with left paw. (L0) lying down, (L1-4) lip lick and yawn with increasing frequency, (L5a) paw raise, (L5b) paw raise and head turn. (L6) walking backwards, (L7) crouched with ears back, tail tucked underneath with some teeth showing (L8) crouched, growling, and showing teeth and (L9) Lunge/bite. Credit: Oxley et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Researchers created a "Virtual Labrador" to explore how humans behave around aggressive and non-reactive dogs in virtual reality

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274329

Article Title: A pilot study investigating human behaviour towards DAVE (Dog Assisted Virtual Environment) and interpretation of non-reactive and aggressive behaviours during a virtual reality exploration task

Author Countries: UK

Funding: Received award: CW and JAO Funder: Dogs Trust ( https://www.dogstrust.org.uk ) Grant: Canine Welfare Grant. The funder (Dogs Trust) only reviewed the draft manuscript to ensure it was appropriate standard prior to submission, but played no role in the study design data, collection and/or analysis.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0274329

A pilot study investigating human behaviour towards DAVE (Dog Assisted Virtual Environment) and interpretation of non-reactive and aggressive behaviours during a virtual reality exploration task

28-Sep-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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The main menu of the DAVE application.
The main menu of the DAVE application. Credit: Oxley et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Data Analysis Dogs Environmental Methods Human Aggression Social Sciences Technology Virtual Reality

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0274329
Article Publication Date
2022-09-28
Article Title
A pilot study investigating human behaviour towards DAVE (Dog Assisted Virtual Environment) and interpretation of non-reactive and aggressive behaviours during a virtual reality exploration task
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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PLOS. (2022, September 28). Researchers created a "Virtual Labrador" to explore how humans behave around aggressive and non-reactive dogs in virtual reality. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/80E55PJ8/researchers-created-a-virtual-labrador-to-explore-how-humans-behave-around-aggressive-and-non-reactive-dogs-in-virtual-reality.html
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"Researchers created a "Virtual Labrador" to explore how humans behave around aggressive and non-reactive dogs in virtual reality." Brightsurf News, Sep. 28 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/80E55PJ8/researchers-created-a-virtual-labrador-to-explore-how-humans-behave-around-aggressive-and-non-reactive-dogs-in-virtual-reality.html.