Suboptimal choice by dogs: When less is better than more

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1019-1022

  Pattison, Kristina F ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect heuristic; Choice; Dogs; Incentive motivation; Less is more; Value

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DOG; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOGS; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE;

EID: 84903193885     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0735-2     Document Type: Article

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