CCHIL Lab Manual
About the lab
Welcome to the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab!
This lab is led by Jeff Stevens, Susan J. Rosowski Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Mission statement
The mission of CCHIL is to understand how dogs behave and process information in their world as well as how interacting with dogs influences human behavior and psychology.
CCHIL is committed to robust, transparent, and open science in all of our research endeavors and to disseminating our work to the general public via outreach activities.
Lab priorities
- The safety, security, and well-being of lab personnel, human participants, and animal subjects.
- An inclusive working environment that respects diverse perspectives; seeks empathic understanding of diverse experiences, including discrimination, bias, and privilege; and fosters opportunities for underrepresented students to participate in science.
- The integrity and transparency of data and the replicability of data analyses.
This manual
This lab manual was inspired by several others and borrows heavily from them (e.g., (Mehr 2020); lab manual and this one). It’s also a work in progress. If you have ideas about things to add or what to clarify, talk to me (Jeff, the PI).
When you join the lab, you’re expected to read this manual and are responsible for its content.
This lab manual is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you’re a PI or trainee in a different lab and want to write your own lab manual, feel free to take inspiration from this one (and cite us!).
Stevens, J.R. (2023). Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab Manual. https://github.com/unl-cchil/cchil_lab_manual. [PDF version]