Inter-species Social Learning in DogsThe Inextricable Roles of Phylogeny and Ontogeny

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Udell, Monique A R ^a,b   Dorey, Nicole R ^a   Wynne, Clive D L ^a,c  

^a Department of Psychology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b FLAGLER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Associative conditioning; Dogs; Learning; Object choice; Social behavior; Two stage hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923476968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195392661.013.0041     Document Type: Chapter

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