Human Perception of Vocalizations of Domestic Piglets and Modulation by Experience With Domestic Pigs (Sus scrofa)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Tallet, Céline ^a   Špinka, Marek ^a   Maruščáková, Iva ^b   Šimeček, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

emotions; interspecific communication; learning; pig; vocal signals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SWINE; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUS SCROFA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649290018     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017354     Document Type: Article

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