Preschoolers categorize animate objects better in the presence of a dog

Anthrozoos

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-198

  Gee, Nancy R ^a   Gould, Jared K ^a   Swanson, Chad C ^a   Wagner, Ashley K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Human animal interaction; Object categorization; Preschool children; Therapy dogs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; CHILD; EDUCATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84859522814     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303712X13316289505387     Document Type: Article

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