Dogs (Canis familiaris) Account for Body Orientation but Not Visual Barriers When Responding to Pointing Gestures.

In a series of four experiments we investigated whether dogs use information about a human's visual perspective when responding to pointing gestures. While there is evidence that dogs may know what humans can and cannot see, and that they flexibly use human communicative gestures, it is unknown if t...

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Published in:	Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 128; no. 3; pp. 285 - 298
Main Authors:	MacLean, Evan L., Krupenye, Christopher, Hare, Brian
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association Aug2014
Subjects:	Dog behavior Pointing (Gesture) Visual perception Human-animal communication Comparative psychology
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