Dogs (canis familiaris), but not chimpanzees (pan troglodytes), understand imperative pointing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kirchhofer, Katharina C ^a   Zimmermann, Felizitas ^a   Kaminski, Juliane ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTICATION; FEMALE; GAZE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PAN TROGLODYTES; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; GESTURE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; DOGS; GESTURES; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84856726714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030913     Document Type: Article

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