African elephants (Loxodonta africana) recognize visual attention from face and body orientation

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Smet, Anna F ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience effect; Communication; Perspective taking; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ELEPHANT; FACE; FEMALE; GESTURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; ELEPHANTS; FACE; FEMALE; GESTURES; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84906071052     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0428     Document Type: Article

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