The response of guide dogs and pet dogs (canis familiaris) to cues of human referential communication (pointing and gaze)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-265

  Ittyerah, Miriam ^a   Gaunet, Florence ^b  

^a CHRIST DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Cues; Dog owner dyads; Guide dogs; Referential communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOG; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BLINDNESS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOGS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67349200958     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0188-6     Document Type: Article

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