Dogs imitate selectively, not necessarily rationally: Reply to Kaminski et al. (2011)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Huber, Ludwig ^a,b,c   Range, Friederike ^a,b,c   Virányi, Zsófia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Clever Dog Lab   (Austria)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Dog; Imitation; Rationality; Replication

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARADIGM SHIFT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84861888593     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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