Detour behaviour in attack-trained dogs: Left-turners perform better than right-turners

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-293

  Siniscalchi, Marcello ^a   Pergola, Gianluca ^a   Quaranta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Detour; Dog; Laterality; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84877293902     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.662234     Document Type: Article

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