Bottlenosed dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) comprehend the referent of both static and dynamic human gazing and pointing in an object-choice task

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-171

  Pack, Adam A ^a,c   Herman, Louis M ^a,b,d  

^a Dolphin Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Kewalo Basin Mar Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^d Dolphin Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DOLPHIN; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CUES; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3042586626     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.160     Document Type: Article

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