Information-seeking behaviour of sniffer dogs during match-to-sample training in the scent lineup

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Jezierski, Tadeusz ^a   Walczak, Marta ^a   Górecka, Aleksandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

dogs; information seeking behaviour; scent lineup; sniffng; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015468075     PISSN: 00792993     EISSN: 16417844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10059-008-0010-y     Document Type: Article

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