Do dogs and bees possess a 'theory of mind'?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  van Rooijen, Jeroen ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

animal cognition; Apis mellifera; bee; Canis familiaris; dog; homologous adaptation; morphological similarity; pointing; species specific; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEE; CANID; COGNITION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 74649085379     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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