Visual laterality in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) interacting with humans

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Farmer, Kate ^a   Krueger, Konstanze ^b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Eye preference; Horse; Laterality; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HORSES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 77349089498     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0260-x     Document Type: Article

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