Quantity-based judgments in the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-80

  Ward, Camille ^a   Smuts, Barbara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Domestic dogs; Perception; Quantity judgments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOG; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; SIZE PERCEPTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845327148     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0042-7     Document Type: Article

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