Humans rely on the same rules to assess emotional valence and intensity in conspecific and dog vocalizations

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Faragó, Tamás ^a   Andics, Attila ^a   Devecseri, Viktor ^a   Kis, Anna ^b,c   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a,b  

^a MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dog; Emotion intensity assessment; Emotion valence assessment; Human; Non verbal emotion expressions; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CANID; CONSPECIFIC; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84893843083     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0926     Document Type: Article

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