Can domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) use referential emotional expressions to locate hidden food?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-145

  Buttelmann, David ^a,b   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desires; Domestic dogs; Emotional expressions; Object choice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOG; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84871936675     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0560-4     Document Type: Article

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