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Abstract：
Citizen science approaches have grown in popularity over the years, partly due to their ability to reach a wider audience and produce more generalizable samples. In dogs, these studies, though, have been limited in their controls over materials or experimental protocols, with guardians typically reporting results without researcher supervision. Over two studies, we explored and validated a synchronous citizen science approach. We had dog guardians act as experimenters while being supervised by a researcher over Zoom. In study 1, we demonstrated that synchronous citizen science produced equivalent levels of performance to in-lab designs in a choice task. Consistent with past in-lab research, dogs selected a treat (vs. an empty plate) in a two-alternative forced-choice task. In study 2, we showed that Zoom methods are also appropriate for studies utilizing looking time measures. We explored dogs\' looking behaviors when a bag of treats was placed in an unreachable location, and dogs\' guardians were either attentive or inattentive while dogs attempted to retrieve the treats. Consistent with past work, dogs in the attentive condition looked at their guardian for longer periods and had a shorter latency to first look than dogs in the inattentive condition. Overall, we have demonstrated that synchronous citizen science studies with dogs are feasible and produce valid results consistent with those found in a typical lab setting.
摘要：
多年来，公民科学方法越来越受欢迎，部分原因是它们能够接触到更广泛的受众，并产生更普遍的样本。在狗中，这些研究,虽然,对材料或实验方案的控制受到限制，监护人通常在没有研究人员监督的情况下报告结果。在两项研究中，我们探索并验证了一种同步公民科学方法。我们让狗监护人充当实验者，同时由研究人员监督Zoom。在研究1中，我们证明了同步公民科学在选择任务中产生了与实验室设计相同的性能水平。与过去的实验室研究一致，狗选择了一种治疗(与空盘子)在两个替代强制选择任务中。在研究2中，我们表明Zoom方法也适用于利用观察时间度量的研究。我们探索了当一袋零食被放置在一个无法到达的地方时，狗的外观行为，当狗试图取回零食时，狗的监护人要么专心，要么不专心。与过去的工作一致，处于专注状态的狗比处于不专注状态的狗看监护人的时间更长，并且第一次看的潜伏期更短。总的来说,我们已经证明，与狗进行同步公民科学研究是可行的，并且产生的结果与典型实验室环境中的结果一致。
