Why do dogs (Canis familiaris) select the empty container in an observational learning task?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-268

  Kupán, Krisztina ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^b   Gergely, György ^c   Topál, József ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communicative signals; Dog; Dog human interaction; Social learning

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79951774201     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0359-0     Document Type: Article

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