Human-dog interactions in a guide-dog training program

Psychological Reports

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1115-1121

  Koda, Naoko ^a   Shimoju, Sadakazu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DOG; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 0033146385     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3c.1115     Document Type: Article

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