09.10.2023

(How) Is this possible? Magdalena Boch and Claus Lamm on "Hallo Okidoki"

Magdalena Boch and Claus Lamm from the SCAN-Unit explain on the ORF 1 children's TV-program, how they study the brains of specially trained dogs through fMRI-research and what we can learn about the social cognition of pet dogs. In particular, they found that dogs process human faces and bodies in similar brain regions as humans do.

05.10.2023

A report in the German TV format "Quarks" on WDR (ARD) about investigating whether dogs can experience jealousy through training them to remain in position during an MRI-Scan

The results are surprising and indicate a strong bond between dogs and humans. A captivating insight into the emotions of our four-legged friends!

27.06.2023

A report in the news program "ZIB1" about a recently published study led by Magdalena Boch

How dogs read human body language

Dogs read body language of humans and conspecifics with the same brain regions, cognition scientists from Vienna report. This is supposed to underline the close relationship between dogs and humans. The species may not be closely related, but close companions for millennia. 

21.04.2023

A report in the TV format "NANO" on 3sat about the research of Claus Lamm and his team with the Clever Dog Lab

What do dogs feel, when the owners scratch another conspecifics ears? To answer this question objectively, a team of scientists at the Clever Dog Lab and the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna looked into the brains of these animals.

Februar 2023

A report about the research of Claus Lamm and his team with the Clever Dog Lab in the "P. M." Magazine

In the Lab of the Clever Dogs

The science of dogs entails huge potential, even for humans. Because both species have more in common than previously thought. The long underestimated field of research could even deliver the key to curing many diseases.