Preschoolers make fewer errors on an object categorization task in the presence of a dog

Anthrozoos

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Gee, Nancy R ^a   Church, Meredith T ^a   Altobelli, Christie L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dogs; Human animal interaction; Object categorization; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

CANID; CHILD; COGNITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77955249566     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303710X12750451258896     Document Type: Article

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