Abstract #3904
Predicting Dogs Training Ease and Behavior using their Neural Responses to Discriminative Odors
Tuo Shi 1 , Oleg Pustovyy 2 , Yun Wang 1 , Paul Waggoner 3 , Ronald Beyers 1 , Jessica Fleming 4 , Paul Hammond 4 , Edward Morrison 2 , Thomas S. Denney Jr. 1,5 , Vitaly Vodyanoy 2 , and Gopikrishna Deshpande 1,5
1
AU MRI Research Center, Dept. of Electrical
& Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL,
United States,
2
Dept.
of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL, United States,
3
Canine
Detection Research Institute, Auburn University, Auburn,
AL, United States,
4
iK9
LLC, Auburn, AL, United States,
5
Dept.
of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United
States
Humans have long made use of olfactory detection
capabilities of dogs. Training dogs to use those
capabilities can be expensive due to the manpower and
time involved. Therefore, predicting the training ease
and behavioral of working dogs before their recruitment
will be beneficial. We explored the canine olfactory
system using functional MRI and correlated the canine
behavior with imaging metrics derived from activation to
discriminative odors, to predict dogs training ease and
behavior. We found the discriminative odorant stimulus
lead to higher activity in olfaction-related and higher
order brain areas, also were significantly correlated
with integrated behavior and training ease.
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