Do Dogs (Canis familiaris) Seek Help in an Emergency?
The question of whether dogs recognize an emergency and understand the need to seek help from a bystander was tested in two experiments. In the first experiment, dogs' owners feigned a heart attack in an open field, and in the second experiment, dogs' owners experienced an accident in which a bookca...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 113 - 120 |
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American Psychological Association
May 2006
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