Do domestic dogs interpret pointing as a command?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-372

  Scheider, Linda ^a   Kaminski, Juliane ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Comprehension; Domestic dog; Imperative; Pointing

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84876090257     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-012-0577-8     Document Type: Article

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