Big thoughts in small brains? Dogs as a model for understanding human social cognition

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-471

  Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Topál, József ^b   Csányi, Vilmos ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Animal models; Attachment; Behavioural evolution; Communication; Dog; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DOG; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; GESTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DOGS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247639065     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280287aae     Document Type: Review

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