Pigs learn what a mirror image represents and use it to obtain information

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1037-1041

  Broom, Donald M ^a   Sena, Hilana ^a   Moynihan, Kiera L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness; cognition; learning; mirror; pig; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COGNITION; FOOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MOVEMENT; ODOR; PIG;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 70350072096     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.027     Document Type: Article

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