Do dogs get the point? A review of dog–human communication ability.
Abstract: In recent years evidence has accumulated demonstrating that dogs are, to a degree, skilful in using human forms of communication, making them stand out in the animal kingdom. Neither man's closest relative, the chimpanzee, nor dog's closest living relative, the wolf, can use human communic...
| Published in: | Learning & Motivation Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 294 - 303 |
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Academic Press Inc.
Nov2013
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