Incentive Contrast in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Dogs (Canis familiaris) trained to receive a preferred food (dry beef liver) from an experimenter learned to maintain a longer gaze on the experimenter than dogs receiving a less preferred food (dog pellets). Dogs downshifted from dry liver to pellets rejected food more frequently than nonshifted co...

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Published in:	Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 123; no. 2; pp. 125 - 131
Main Authors:	Bentosela, Mariana, Jakovcevic, Adriana, Elgier, Angel M.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association May 2009
Subjects:	Reward (Psychology) Human-animal communication Dogs > Behavior
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