Social referencing in dog-owner dyads?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-185

  Merola, I ^a   Prato Previde, E ^a   Marshall Pescini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural regulation; Dogs; Gaze alternation; Referential looking; Social learning; Social referencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTION; PET ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COMMUNICATION; CUES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84857360008     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0443-0     Document Type: Article

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