Increasing arousal enhances inhibitory control in calm but not excitable dogs

Animal Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1317-1329

  Bray, Emily E ^a   MacLean, Evan L ^b,c   Hare, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Assistance dogs; Canine; Cognition; Inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; TAIL;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TAIL;

EID: 84944314817     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-015-0901-1     Document Type: Article

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