• The Prominent Role of Vocal-like Sounds in the Dog and Human Brain.

• Breeds that are closely genetically related to wolves are more likely to respond with howling and show more stress when exposed to wolf howling compared to breeds that are genetically further removed from their wild relatives, but this genetic difference is only observed in older individuals, according to a new study published in Communications Biology by researchers from the Ethology Department at ELTE University (DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04450-9).

• In their study published in Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26503-5), researchers from the Ethology Department at ELTE University concluded that dogs show their owners the location of the desired reward, while piglets do not. This may indicate that piglets lack the necessary traits for this type of communication.

• The first part of the "Behavioral Biology for You - with You" series presents the design of ethological studies. We highly recommend it for biology students and future researchers. Featuring interviews with Dr. Péter Pongrácz and Márta Gácsi. Produced by Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• The second part of the "Behavioral Biology for You - with You" series presents behavioral testing, data analysis, and scientific publication. Produced by Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• The third part of the "Behavioral Biology for You" series introduces the Senior Family Dog Program. Produced by Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• The fourth part of the "Behavioral Biology for You - with You" series introduces the Alpha Generation Lab. Produced by Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• The fifth part of the "Behavioral Biology for You - with You" series introduces the Neuroethology Research Group. Produced by Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• In Episode 6 of the "Behavioral Biology for You - with You" series, the Companion Animals Research Group is introduced. Created by: Zsófia Bognár, Rita Lenkei, Ádám Leéb, Tamás Faragó, and Enikő Kubinyi. The production of the video was supported by the NKFIH Mecenatúra grant (MEC_N 141314).

• Film about dog-wolf comparisons by the Ethology Department at ELTE University (2005). Director: Attila Dávid Molnár, Editor: Enikő Kubinyi.

• Dogs are capable of recognizing their owners based on their voice, using pitch and roughness as cues. The study was conducted by researchers from the Ethology Department of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and the results were published in the journal Animal Cognition (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-022-01601-z).

• Researchers from the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Faculty of Science have found in their latest brain imaging study that the dog's brain perceives human speech and shows different patterns when exposed to a familiar language versus an unfamiliar language. This is the first evidence in the world that a non-human brain can distinguish between two languages (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118811).

• Researchers from the Ethology Department at ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) (http://etologia.elte.hu/hu/home/) have demonstrated that dogs, similar to infants, discover word boundaries. The study was published in the journal Current Biology (https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01406-8).

• In the brains of dogs, similar to those of children, attachment is associated with reward responses in the brain. This research revealing intriguing similarities was published by researchers from the ELTE Faculty of Science, Department of Ethology, and the ELKH Research Centre for Natural Sciences in the scientific journal NeuroImage. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811921007539

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