Conditioning or cognition? Understanding interspecific communication as a way of improving animal training (a case study with elephants in Nepal)

When animals are trained to function in a human society (for example, pet dogs, police dogs, or sports horses), different trainers and training cultures vary widely in their ability to understand how the animal perceives the communication efforts of the trainer. This variation has considerable impac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helena Telkänranta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2009-12-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15783