Postgraduate Researcher

Research

My research involves the strategies employed by domestic dogs in object search and encompasses associative processes, object permanence and the use of social gestures from humans in pet dogs during search.

Publications

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2008). The role of association and of human informative gestures in the control of spatial search in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 4(2), p50-51. pdf

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2009). Association, inhibition and object permanence in dogs’ (Canis familiaris) spatial search. Presentation at the Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Leicester.

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2009). Do dogs sometimes disregard the actions of humans when it comes to searching for food? Poster presentation at the Festival of Postgraduate Research, University of Leicester.

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2010). Presentation at the 2nd Canine Science Forum, University of Vienna, Austria.

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2011). Association, inhibition and object permanence in dogs' (Canis familiaris) spatial search. Journal of Comparative Psychology. pdf

Ashton, R., & De Lillo, C. (2011). Spatial discrimination reversal in presence of explicit cues about food location in dogs. Poster presentation at the Associative Learning Symposium, Gregynog, University of Cardiff