Preschool children require fewer instructional prompts to perform a memory task in the presence of a dog

Anthrozoos

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Gee, Nancy R ^a   Crist, Elise N ^a   Carr, Daniel N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Human animal interaction; Object recognition; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

CANID; CHILD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77952909971     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303710X12682332910051     Document Type: Article

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