About the Authors

Veronika Konok

konokvera@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary

András Kosztolányi

Affiliation MTA-DE “Lendület” Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Wohlfarth Rainer

Affiliations Freiburg University of Education, Department of Public Health / Health Education, Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg Institute for Animal-Assisted Therapy, Freiburg, Germany

Bettina Mutschler

Affiliation Freiburg Institute for Animal-Assisted Therapy, Freiburg, Germany

Ulrike Halsband

Affiliation University of Freiburg, Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, Freiburg, Germany

Ádám Miklósi

Affiliations Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary, MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK ÁM. Performed the experiments: VK WR BM UH. Analyzed the data: VK AK WR. Wrote the paper: VK AK WR BM UH ÁM.