Functions of pointing by humans, and dogs’ responses, during dog-human play between familiar and unfamiliar players.

Although much research focuses on human index finger pointing to hidden items for dogs in experimental settings, there is little research about human pointing in naturalistic interactions. We examined human pointing to dogs during 62 dog-human play interactions, spanning 4.8 hours of videotape, to d...

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Main Authors: Robert W. Mitchell, Emily Reed, Lyndsey Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2018-05-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1140