Cross-modal recognition of human individuals in domestic horses (Equus caballus)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Lampe, Jessica Frances ^a   Andre, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Auditory recognition; Cross modal; Equus caballus; Horse; Human horse interaction; Interspecific; Recognition of humans; Visual recognition; Voice discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 84862595988     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0490-1     Document Type: Article

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