Lucia Lazarowski, PhD
Research Scientist
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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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Krichbaum, S., Smith, J.G., Lazarowski, L., Katz, J.S. (in press) Controlling for dogs’ (Canis familiaris) use of non-mnemonic strategies in a spatial working memory task.
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Lazarowski, L., Singletary, M., Rogers, B., Waggoner, L.P. (2021) Development and Training for Working Dogs. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice. 51(4), 921-931.
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Singletary, M. & Lazarowski, L. (2021) Canine Special Senses: Considerations in Olfaction, Vision, and Audition. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice. 51(4), 839-858.
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Krichbaum, S., Lazarowski, L., Davila, A., Cox, E., Smith, J.G., Katz, J.S. (2021) Dissociating the effects of time and interference on dog working memory. Animal Cognition.
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Lazarowski, L., Rogers, B., Krichbaum, S., Haney, P., Smith, J.G., Waggoner, P. (2021) Validation of a behavior test for predicting puppies’ suitability as a detection dog. Animals.
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Lazarowski, L., Waggoner, L.P., Hutchings, B., Angle, C., Porritt, P. (2021) Maintaining long-term odor memory and detection performance in dogs. Applied Animal Behavior Science.
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Thompkins, A., Lazarowski, L., Ramaiahgari, B., Gotoor, S., Waggoner, L.P., Denney, T.S., Deshpande, G., Katz, J. (2021) Dog-Human Social Relationship: Representation of Human Face Familiarity and Emotions in the Dog Brain. Animal Cognition, 24, 251-266.
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Lazarowski, L., Davila, A., Krichbaum, S., Cox, E., Smith, J.G., Waggoner, P., Katz, J.S. (2021) Matching-to-sample abstract-concept learning by dogs (Canis familiaris). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning & Cognition.
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Dorman, D., Foster, M., Lazarowski, L. (2021) Training with multiple structurally related odorants fails to improve generalization of ammonium nitrate in domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris). Animals.
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Lazarowski, L., Waggoner, L.P., Krichbaum, S., Singletary, M., Haney, P., Rogers, B., Angle, C. (2020). Selecting dogs for explosives detection: Behavioral characteristics. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 597.
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Lazarowski, L., Krichbaum, S., DeGreeff, L.E., Simon, A., Singletary, M., Angle, C., Waggoner, L.P. (2020). Methodological Considerations in Canine Olfactory Detection Research. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 408.
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Lazarowski, L., Thompkins, A., Krichbaum, S., Waggoner, L.P., Deshpande, G., Katz, J.S. (2020). Comparing pet and detection dogs on two aspects of social cognition. Learning & Behavior, 48(4), 432-443. doi: 10.3758/s13420-020-00431-8
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Haney, P., Lazarowski, L., Wang, X., Wang, X., Hathcock, J. Lofton, R., Wilborn, R., Waggoner, L. P. (2020). Effectiveness of PennHIP and Orthopedic Foundation for Animals hip quality measurements for breeding selection to reduce hip dysplasia in a population of purpose-bred detection dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 257, (3), 299-304.
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Simon, A., Lazarowski, L., Singletary, M., Barrow, J., Van Arsdale, K., Angle, C., Waggoner, L.P., Giles, K. (2020). A Review of the Types of Training Aids Used for Canine Detection Training. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 313.
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Lazarowski, L., Krichbaum, S.K., Waggoner, L.P., Katz, J.S. (2020) The development of problem-solving abilities in a population of candidate detection dogs (Canis familiaris). Animal Cognition. 23(4), 755-768.
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Lazarowski, L., Strassberg, L., Waggoner, L.P., Katz, J.S. (2019). Persistence and human-directed behavior in detection dogs: ontogenetic development and relationships to working dog success. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 220, 104860.
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Lazarowski, L., Goodman, A., Galizio, M., Bruce, K. (2019). Effects of set-size on identity and oddity abstract-concept learning in rats. Animal Cognition, 22(5), 733–742.
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Gruen, M.E., Foster, M.L., Lazarowski, L., Jeffries, A., Sherman, B.L., Dorman, D.C. (2019). Does the cognitive bias test in dogs depend on spatial learning? Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 33, 1-6.
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Lazarowski, L., Rogers, B., Waggoner, L.P., Katz, J.S. (2019). When the nose knows: ontogenetic changes in detection dogs' (Canis familiaris) responsiveness to social and olfactory cues. Animal Behaviour. 153, 61-68.
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Lazarowski, L., Waggoner, P.L., Katz, J. S. (2019). The future of detector dog research. Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews, 14, 77-80.
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Lazarowski, L., Haney, P., Brock, J., Fischer, T., Rogers, B., Angle. C., Katz, J., & Waggoner, P.W. (2018). Investigation of the behavioral characteristics of dogs purpose-bred and prepared to perform Vapor Wake® detection of person-borne explosives. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5, 50.
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Lazarowski, L. & Katz, J. S. (2018). Mothering matters: Maternal style predicts puppies’ future performance. Learning & Behavior, 46(4), 327-328.
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Lazarowski, L., Foster, M. L., Gruen, M. E., Sherman, B. L., Fish, R. E. Milgram, N. W., & Dorman, D. C. (2015). Olfactory discrimination and generalization of ammonium nitrate and structurally related odorants in Labrador retrievers. Animal Cognition, 18(6), 1255-1265.
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Gruen, M. E., Case, B. C., Foster, M. L., Lazarowski, L., Fish, R. E., Landsberg, G., DePuy, V., Dorman, D. C., & Sherman, B. L. (2015). The use of an open field model to assess sound-induced fear and anxiety associated behaviors in Labrador retrievers. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 10(4), 338-345.
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Sherman, B. L., Gruen, M. E., Case, B. C., Foster, M. L., Fish, R. E., Lazarowski, L. DePuy, V., & Dorman, D. C. (2015). A test for the evaluation of emotional reactivity in Labrador retrievers used for explosives detection. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 10(2), 94-102.
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Lazarowski, L., & Dorman, D. C. (2015). A comparison of pet and purpose-bred research dog (Canis familiaris) performance on human-guided object-choice tasks. Behavioural Processes, 110, 60-67.
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Lazarowski, L., & Dorman, D. C. (2014). Explosives detection by military working dogs: Olfactory generalization from components to mixtures. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 151, 84-93.
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Lazarowski, L., Foster, M. L., Gruen, M. E., Sherman, B. L., Case, B. C., Fish, R. E. Milgram, N. W., & Dorman, D. C. (2014). Acquisition of a visual discrimination and reversal learning task by Labrador retrievers. Animal Cognition, 17(3), 787-792.
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BOOK CHAPTERS
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Krichbaum, S., Davila, A., Lazarowski, L., Katz, J.S. (2020). Animal Cognition. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press.
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Daniel, T. A., Goodman, A. M., Thompkins, A. M., Forloines, M. R., Lazarowski, L., & Katz, J. S. (2016). Generalization cannot predict abstract-concept learning. In M. C. Olmstead’s (Ed.) Animal cognition: Principles, evolution, and development (pp 131-143). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.