Spatial encoding of hidden objects in dogs (Canis familiaris)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-324

  Fiset, Sylvain ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^b   Beaulieu, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034564860     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.114.4.315     Document Type: Article

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