Can dogs count?

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 241-251

  Macpherson, Krista ^a   Roberts, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canine cognition; Counting; Dogs; Numerical discrimination; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885376141     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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