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Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro

Post-doc researcher, IBMC
Verified email at ibmc.up.pt
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Do aversive-based training methods actually compromise dog welfare?: A literature review

JG Fernandes, IAS Olsson, ACV de Castro - Applied Animal Behaviour …, 2017 - Elsevier
The methods by which dogs are trained vary between methods involving mainly negative
reinforcement and positive punishment (aversive-based methods) and methods based …

Carrots versus sticks: The relationship between training methods and dog-owner attachment

ACV de Castro, J Barrett, L de Sousa… - Applied animal behaviour …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of aversive-based training methods has been suggested to negatively affect dog-human
attachment. However, the scientific evidence for this claim is relatively limited. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare

ACV de Castro, D Fuchs, GM Morello, S Pastur… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Dog training methods range broadly from those using mostly positive punishment and
negative reinforcement (aversive-based) to those using primarily positive reinforcement (reward-…

[HTML][HTML] Improving dog training methods: Efficacy and efficiency of reward and mixed training methods

AC Vieira de Castro, Â Araújo, A Fonseca, IAS Olsson - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Dogs play an important role in our society as companions and work partners, and proper
training of these dogs is pivotal. For companion dogs, training helps preventing or managing …

Accuracy of song syntax learning and singing consistency signal early condition in zebra finches

MJ Holveck, AC Vieira de Castro, RF Lachlan… - Behavioral …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Birdsong is a sexually selected and culturally transmitted multidimensional signal. Sexually
selected traits are generally assumed to indicate condition. In oscine songbirds, song is …

[PDF][PDF] A percepção do tempo: contributos do procedimento de bissecção

ACV de Castro, MP de Carvalho, A Kroger-Costa… - Temas em …, 2013 - redalyc.org
Desde o início do século XX que a psicologia se tem interessado pelo estudo experimental
da regulação temporal do comportamento, mas esta área de pesquisa, conhecida como …

Does the goal justify the methods? Harm and benefit in neuroscience research using animals

AC Vieira de Castro, IAS Olsson - Ethical Issues in Behavioral …, 2015 - Springer
The goal of the present chapter is to open up for discussion some of the major ethical issues
involved in animal-based neuroscience research. We begin by approaching the question of …

The interaction of temporal generalization gradients predicts the context effect

ACV de Castro, A Machado - Journal of the Experimental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In a temporal double bisection task, animals learn two discriminations. In the presence of
Red and Green keys, responses to Red are reinforced after 1‐s samples and responses to …

The context effect as interaction of temporal generalization gradients: Testing the fundamental assumptions of the Learning-to-Time model

ACV de Castro, A Machado, GY Tomanari - Behavioural processes, 2013 - Elsevier
To test the Learning-to-Time model, six pigeons learned two temporal bisection tasks. In
one task they learned to choose a Red key over a Green key following 2-s samples and the …

Is there hope beyond fear? Effects of social rehabilitation on unsocialised stray dogs

…, T Magalhães, IAS Olsson, ACV de Castro - Applied Animal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unsocialised stray dogs are dogs that live freely in urban areas with limited to no direct
human contact. If left free to roam, they may present a public safety problem, since they can …