image: The main menu of the DAVE application. view more
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.
Journal
PLOS ONE
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
Article Publication Date
28-Sep-2022
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.