On the hunt for the gene of perspective taking: Pitfalls in methodology

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-313

  Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Topál, József ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Dog; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THEORY OF MIND; WOLVES;

EID: 84856279271     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-011-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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