Comprehension and utilisation of pointing gestures and gazing in dog-human communication in relatively complex situations

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-213

  Lakatos, Gabriella ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Topál, József ^b   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communication; Dogs; Human gestures; Indirect pointing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DOG; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; COMPREHENSION; DOGS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84857371083     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0446-x     Document Type: Article

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