The University of California at San Diego wanted to go further on this subject and conducted a survey among its students, who later published in the journal Psychological Science.
psychologists separately photographed 45 dogs and their owners, then showed students work involved in an image of a person and two dogs with the aim to discover which dog had the person in the photo. A majority of dogs bred and their owners were related by the 28 students, who shot 16 of the 25 exposed.
contrast, did not identify the owners of mixed breeds, leading researchers to provide that persons who have a dog breed they choose on the basis of physical similarities or common behavioral traits.
"Once the researchers were able to confirm the high incidence of resemblance between owners and purebred dogs and no effect on the dogs of mixed races, they concluded The similarity is due to the selection made by the owner at the time of purchasing the animal, "says psychologist Nicholas Christenfeld, which organized the study.
This conclusion would lose power to another theory that points to a natural convergence between the owner and the dog tied to the amount of time living with the dog.
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