Learning and owner–stranger effects on interspecific communication in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)

AM Elgier, A Jakovcevic, AE Mustaca… - Behavioural processes, 2009 - Elsevier
Domestic dogs are very successful at following human cues like gazing or pointing to find
hidden food in an object choice task. They solve this kind of situation at their first attempts
and from early stages of their development and perform better than wolves. Most of the
authors proposed that these abilities are a domestication product, and independent from
learning processes. There are few systematic studies on the effects of learning on dogs'
communicative skills. We aim to evaluate the effect of extinction and reversal learning …
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