Association, Inhibition, and Object Permanence in Dogs' (Canis familiaris) Spatial Search

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-206

  Ashton, Rebecca L ^a   De Lillo, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Discrimination reversal; Dog; Object permanence; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOG; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DOGS; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957853218     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022584     Document Type: Article

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