Have You Heard? Is the dog bowl half empty or half full?

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These researchers developed a method for determining whether dogs are optimistic or pessimistic.

Hear all about a research method to determine if your canine patients are more optimistic or more pessimistic.

Starling MJ, Branson N, Cody D, et al. Canine sense and sensibility: tipping points and response latency variability as an optimism index in a canine judgement bias assessment. PLOS One 2014;9(9):e107794.

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