Do horses expect humans to solve their problems?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Lesimple, C ^a   Sankey, C ^a   Richard, M A ^b   Hausberger, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive skills; Horses; Human animal relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867135717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00306     Document Type: Article

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