Behavioural coordination of dogs in a cooperative problem-solving task with a conspecific and a human partner

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-459

  Ostojić, Ljerka ^a   Clayton, Nicola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural coordination; Cooperative problem solving; Dogs; Domestication

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; COOPERATION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84893715329     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0676-1     Document Type: Article

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