Attachment between humans and dogs

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-221

  Nagasawa, Miho ^a   Mogi, Kazutaka ^a   Kikusui, Takefumi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment; Dog; Gaze; Human; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349335474     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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