Dogs (Canis familiaris) account for body orientation but not visual barriers when responding to pointing gestures

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-297

  MacLean, Evan L ^a   Krupenye, Christopher ^a   Hare, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dog; Perspective taking; Pointing; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOG; GESTURE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DOGS; GESTURES; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84906235510     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035742     Document Type: Article

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