Anna Broseghini, Miina Lõoke, Cécile Guérineau, Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo (2024) Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Lieta Marinelli
Full professor | Veterinary Physiology and Ethology
I graduated with honors in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Perugia and subsequently obtained a PhD in Domestic Animal Endocrinology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Padua) and the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Utrecht University, NL). In November 1999, I began working as a university researcher at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padua, focusing my research on the following topics: endocrinology and reproductive physiology of dogs, the study of the relationship between companion animals and their owners, and the welfare of dogs used in assisted interventions. Since 2017, I have held the position of Full Professor and over the years have been involved in studying the endocrinological and cognitive aspects of aging in dogs, assessing animals involved in assisted activities and therapies. Currently I am analyzing the mechanisms that modulate attention and studying visual and auditory perception in dogs.
Where can you find me
email: lieta.marinelli@unipd.it
phone: +39 0498279418
in my office: in Agripolis campus, Viale dell’Universita’, 16 – 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Publications
Determining Hearing Thresholds in Dogs Using the Staircase Method
Cécile Guérineau, Anna Broseghini, Miina Lõoke, Giulio Dehesh, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli (2024) Veterinary Sciences
Visual continuum in non-human animals: serial dependence revealed in dogs
Miina Lõoke, Cécile Guérineau, Anna Broseghini, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli (2024) Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Pictorial depth cues elicit the perception of tridimensionality in dogs
Anna Broseghini, Markus Stasek, Miina Lõoke, Cécile Guérineau, Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo (2024) Animal Cognition
Characterization of social behavior in a group of domestic donkeys (Equus asinus)
Miina Lõoke, Paolo Mongillo, Martina Bortoletti, Simona Normando, Lieta Marinelli (2024) Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Yes, dogs are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion: A reply to Pepperberg
Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Cécile Guérineau, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo (2023) Learning and Behavior
Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ): Validation of the Italian Translation
Anna Broseghini, Cécile Guérineau, Miina Lõoke, Chiara Mariti, James Serpell, Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo (2023) Animals
Meowing dogs: can dogs recognize cats in a cross-modal violation of expectancy task (Canis familiaris)?
Miina Lõoke, Cécile Guérineau, Anna Broseghini, Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo (2023) Animal Cognition
Dogs’ ability to follow temporarily invisible moving objects: the ability to track and expect is shaped by experience
Miina Lõoke, Orsolya Kanizsar, Cécile Guérineau, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli (2023) Animal Cognition
Sound Localization Ability in Dogs
Cécile Guérineau, Miina Lõoke, Anna Broseghini, Giulio Dehesh, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli (2022) Veterinary Sciences
Enrichment with classical music enhances affiliative behaviours in bottlenose dolphin
Cécile Guérineau, Miina Lõoke, Giuseppe Ganassin, Daniela Bertotto, Martina Bortoletti, Laura Cavicchioli, Stefano Furlati, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli (2022) Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Dogs (canis familiaris) underestimate the quantity of connected items: first demonstration of susceptibility to the connectedness illusion in non-human animals
Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Christian Agrillo, Cécile Guérineau, Paolo Mongillo (2021) Scientific Reports
Is this love? Sex differences in dog-owner attachment behavior suggest similarities with adult human bonds
Biagio D’aniello, Anna Scandurra, Claudia Pinelli, Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo (2021) Animal Cognition
Dogs fail to recognize a human pointing gesture in two-dimensional depictions of motion cues
Carla J. Eatherington, Paolo Mongillo, Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli (2021) Behavioural Processes
Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are susceptible to the Kanizsa’s triangle illusion
Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Cécile Guérineau, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo (2021) Animal Cognition
I know a dog when I see one: dogs (Canis familiaris) recognize dogs from videos
Paolo Mongillo, Carla Eatherington, Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli (2021) Animal Cognition
Do Domestic Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Perceive Numerosity Illusions?
Miina Lõoke, Lieta Marinelli, Carla Eatherington, Christian Agrillo, Paolo Mongillo (2020) Animals
A Short Period of Darkness after Mixing of Growing Pigs Intended for PDO Hams Production Reduces Skin Lesions
Lieta Marinelli, Paolo Mongillo, Paolo Carnier, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo (2020) Animals
Dogs (Canis familiaris) recognise our faces in photographs: implications for existing and future research
Carla Eatherington, Paolo Mongillo, Miina Looke, Lieta Marinelli , (2020) Animal Cognition.
You can’t see, when I do: A study on social attention in guide dogs
Alessandra Alterisio, Anna Scandurra, Carla Eatherington, Lieta Marinelli Biagio D’Aniello, Paolo Mongillo, (2019) Applied Animals Behaviour Science, 218:104824
Local Dot Motion, Not Global Configuration, Determines Dogs’ Preference for Point-Light Displays
Carla Eatherington, Lieta Marinelli, Miina Looke, Luca Battaglini, Paolo Mongillo (2019) Animals, 9:661
Development of a Spatial Discount Task to Measure Impulsive Choices in Dogs
Paolo Mongillo, Anna Scandurra, Carla Eatherington, Biagio D’Aniello, Lieta Marinelli (2019) Animals, 9:469
A survey of undesirable behaviors expressed by ex-racing greyhounds adopted in Italy
Tiffani Howell, Paolo Mongillo, Giulia Giacomini, Lieta Marinelli (2018) Journal of Veterinary Behaviour, 27:15-22
The effect of age, sex and gonadectomy on dogs’ use of spatial navigation strategies
Anna Scandurra, Lieta Marinelli, Miina Looke, Biagio D’Aniello, Paolo Mongillo (2018) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 205:89-97
Spotlight on Assistance Dogs—Legislation, Welfare and Research
Annika Bremhorst, Paolo Mongillo, Tiffani Howell, Lieta Marinelli (2018) Animals, 8:129
The effect of experience and of dots’ density and duration on the detection of coherent motion in dogs
Orsolya Kanitzsar, Paolo Mongillo, Luca Battaglini, Gianluca Campana, Miina Looke, Lieta Marinelli (2018) Animal Cognition, 21,651-660
Dogs are not better than humans at detecting coherent motion
Mongillo P, Scandurra A, Kramer R, Marinelli L (2017) Animal Cognition, 5:881–890
Recognition of human faces by dogs (Canis familiaris) requires visibility of head contour
Mongillo P, Scandurra A, Kramer R, Marinelli L (2017) Animal Cognition, 5:881–890
Sex differences in dogs’ social learning of spatial information
Fugazza C, Mongillo P, Marinelli L (2017) Animal Cognition, 20(4):789-794
Effect of sex and gonadectomy on dogs’ spatial performance
Mongillo P, Scandurra A, D’Aniello B, Marinelli L (2017) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 191:84–89
Global bias reliability in dogs (Canis familiaris)
Mongillo P, Pitteri E, Sambugaro P, Carnier P, Marinelli L (2016) Animal Cognition, 20:257–265
Can attention be taught? Interspecific attention by dogs (Canis familiaris) performing obedience tasks
Mongillo P, Pitteri E, Candaten M, Marinelli L (2016) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 182:30-37
Conspecific observational learning by adult dogs in a training context
Scandurra, A, Mongillo, P, Marinelli, L, Aria, M, D’Aniello, B (2016) Applied animal behaviour science, 174, 116–120
Attention of dogs and owners in urban contexts: public perception and problematic behaviors
Mongillo P, Adamelli, S, Pitteri, E, & Marinelli, L (2015) Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research, 10(3), 210-216
Peripheral leukocyte populations and oxidative stress biomarkers in aged dogs showing impaired cognitive abilities
Mongillo P, Adamelli S, Pitteri E, & Marinelli L (2015) Age, 37(3), 1-11
Validation of a selection protocol of dogs involved in animal-assisted intervention
Mongillo P, Pitteri E, Adamelli S, Bonichini S, Farina L, & Marinelli L (2015) Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research, 10(2), 103-110
Part-based and configural processing of owner’s face in dogs
Pitteri E, Mongillo P, Carnier P, Marinelli L, & Huber, L (2014) PLoS One, e108176
Reciprocal attention of dogs and owners in urban contexts
Mongillo P, Adamelli S, Pitteri E, & Marinelli L (2014) Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research, 9(4), 158-163
Hierarchical stimulus processing by dogs (canis familiaris)
Pitteri E, Mongillo P, Carnier P, & Marinelli L (2014) Animal cognition, 17(4), 869-877
The quality of life of pet dogs owned by elderly people depends on the living context, not on the owner’s age
Pitteri E, Mongillo P, Adamelli S, Bonichini S, & Marinelli L (2014) Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research, 9(2), 72-77
Effect of age and sex on plasma cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations in the dog (canis familiaris)
Mongillo P, Prana E, Gabai G, Bertotto D, & Marinelli L (2014) Research in veterinary science, 96(1), 33-38
Spatial reversal learning is impaired by age in pet dogs
Mongillo P, Araujo J A, Pitteri E, Carnier P, Adamelli S, Regolin L, & Marinelli L (2013) Age, 35(6), 2273-2282
Does the attachment system towards owners change in aged dogs?
Mongillo P, Pitteri E, Carnier P, Gabai G, Adamelli S, & Marinelli L (2013) Physiology & behavior, 120, 64-69
Successful treatment of abnormal feeding behaviour in a cat
Mongillo P, Adamelli S, Fraccaroli E, Bernardini M, & Marinelli L (2012) Journal of veterinary behavior: clinical applications and research, 9(2), 72-77
Selective attention to humans in companion dogs, canis familiaris
Mongillo P, Bono G, Regolin L, & Marinelli L (2010) Animal behaviour, 80(6), 1057-1063