Training for eye contact modulates gaze following in dogs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Wallis, Lisa J ^a,b   Range, Friederike ^a   Müller, Corsin A ^a,b   Serisier, Samuel ^c   Huber, Ludwig ^a   Virányi, Zsófia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Royal Canin Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Border collie; Clicker; Development; Dog; Eye contact; Gaze following; Habituation; Life span; Training

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANID; EYE; HABITUATION; LIFE CYCLE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84936748955     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.020     Document Type: Article

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