Dog's discrimination of human selfish and generous attitudes: the role of individual recognition, experience, and experimenters' gender.

Discrimination of and memory for others' generous and selfish behaviors could be adaptive abilities in social animals. Dogs have seemingly expressed such skills in both direct and indirect interactions with humans. However, recent studies suggest that their capacity may rely on cues other than...

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Main Authors: Fabricio Carballo, Esteban Freidin, Natalia Putrino, Carolina Shimabukuro, Emma Casanave, Mariana Bentosela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116314