Comprehension of human pointing gestures in young human-reared wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-387

  Virányi, Zsófia ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Kubinyi, Eniko ^a   Topál, József ^b   Belényi, Beatrix ^a   Ujfalussy, Dorottya ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dog; Eye contact; Human pointing; Object choice task; Socialization; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOLF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOGS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 46549083302     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0127-y     Document Type: Article

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