Figurative and spatial information and search behavior in dogs (Canis familiaris)

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Dumas, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dogs; Figurative cues; Object permanence; Search behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOG; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

DOG; FIGURATIVE CUE; SEARCH BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031597507     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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