Dogs do look at images: Eye tracking in canine cognition research

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-174

  Somppi, Sanni ^a   Törnqvist, Heini ^a   Hänninen, Laura ^a   Krause, Christina ^a   Vainio, Outi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canine; Domestic dogs; Eye movement tracking; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOG; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOGS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84857369177     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0442-1     Document Type: Article

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