Brief owner absence does not induce negative judgement bias in pet dogs

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1031-1035

  Müller, Corsin A ^a,b,c   Riemer, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Rosam, Claudia M ^a   Schößwender, Julia ^a   Range, Friederike ^a,b,c   Huber, Ludwig ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c Clever Dog Lab   (Austria)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Cognitive bias; Domestic dog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84865411245     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0526-6     Document Type: Article

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