Reproducing human actions and action sequences: "Do as I do!" in a dog

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-367

  Topál, József ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^b   Miklósi, Ádám ^c   Csányi, Vilmos ^c  

^a MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

'Do as I do'; Dog; Imitation; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; HUMAN; IMITATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SERIAL LEARNING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33749546941     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0051-6     Document Type: Article

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