Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) flexibly adjust their human-directed behavior to the actions of their human partners in a problem situation

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-71

  Horn, Lisa ^a,b   Virányi, Zsófia ^a,b   Miklósi, Ádám ^c   Huber, Ludwig ^a,b   Range, Friederike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Clever Dog Lab   (Austria)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communication; Dog human interaction; Gazing; Help requesting behavior; Learning; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84855225202     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0432-3     Document Type: Article

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