Lieta Marinelli obtained her degree in Veterinary Medicine with honours in 1996 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Perugia (Italy) and her Ph.D. degree in 2000 (Endocrinology of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna). In 1999 she became researcher and in 2011 Associated Professor in Physiology and Ethology of Domestic Animal (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padova, Italy), where she worked mainly on dog endocrinology, pet-owner relationship and welfare of dogs involved in animal assisted interventions. From 2017 she is full professor in Physiology and Ethology of Domestic Animal (University of Padova, Italy) and at the moment she works mainly on cognitive impairment in aged dog, sex dependent differences in dog cognition, behavioural evaluation of animals involved in Animal Assisted Interventions, analysis of impulsivity in pets, mechanism regulating attention and visual perception in dogs.

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