Cognitive skills in bottlenose dolphin communication

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 157-159

  Janik, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ATTENTION; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COORDINATION; JOINT ATTENTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; REFERENTIAL LABELLING; SKILL; SYNTAX COMPREHENSION; VOCAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; COGNITION; LINGUISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84875805890     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.02.005     Document Type: Note

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