The absence of reward induces inequity aversion in dogs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 340-345

  Range, Friederike ^a,c   Horn, Lisa ^a   Viranyi, Zsófia ^b,c   Huber, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Wolf Science Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Cooperation; Refusal of unequal pay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPERIMENT; FOOD QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 58549084650     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810957105     Document Type: Article

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