Dogs, Canis familiaris, communicate with humans to request but not to inform

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-658

  Kaminski, Juliane ^a   Neumann, Martina ^a   Bräuer, Juliane ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Communication; Dog; Helping; Showing behaviour; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

CANID; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SIGNAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80052693998     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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