Man's best friend.

The article examines research on cognition in dogs. A study conducted by researchers Deborah Custance and Jennifer Mayer of Goldsmiths College in Great Britain indicating that dogs can detect and display empathetic behavior in response to emotional distress in human beings who are not their owners i...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Economist Vol. 403; no. 8791; p. 82
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 6/30/2012
Subjects:	Custance, Deborah Mayer, Jennifer Human-animal relationships Human-animal communication Dogs Display behavior in animals
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article examines research on cognition in dogs. A study conducted by researchers Deborah Custance and Jennifer Mayer of Goldsmiths College in Great Britain indicating that dogs can detect and display empathetic behavior in response to emotional distress in human beings who are not their owners is discussed.