“We will work for you” – Social influence may suppress individual food preferences in a communicative situation in dogs.

Abstract: The level of motivation (i.e. incentive power) is thought to be one of the most important factors affecting performance and learning in various tasks. We investigated whether reward quality has an effect on the performance of family dogs in a two-way object choice test in which they can fi...

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Published in:	Learning & Motivation Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 270 - 282
Main Authors:	Pongrácz, Péter, Hegedüs, Dorottya, Sanjurjo, Beatriz, Kővári, Adrienn, Miklósi, Ádám
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Nov2013
Subjects:	Social psychology Decision making Food habits Food preferences Animal behavior Learning in animals
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