Guide dogs as a model for investigating the effect of life experience and training on gazing behaviour

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 937-944

  Scandurra, Anna ^a   Prato Previde, Emanuela ^b   Valsecchi, Paola ^c   Aria, Massimo ^d   D’Aniello, Biagio ^d  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive test; Dog human communication; Gazing; Guide dog; Training; Unsolvable task

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DOG; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DOGS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PETS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84930541787     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0864-2     Document Type: Article

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