Does the A-not-B error in adult pet dogs indicate sensitivity to human communication?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 737-743

  Kis, Anna ^a   Topál, József ^b   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Range, Friederike ^c,d   Huber, Ludwig ^c,d   Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Virányi, Zsófia ^c,d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Clever Dog Lab   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

A not B error; Communication; Dog; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84862623739     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0481-2     Document Type: Article

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