Evidence for the communicative function of human-directed gazing in 6- to 7-week-old dog puppies

Abstract In human infants, the ability to show gaze alternations between an object of interest and another individual is considered fundamental to the development of complex social-cognitive abilities. Here we show that well-socialised dog puppies show gaze alternations in two contexts at an early a...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Riemer, Alina Bonorand, Lisa Stolzlechner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2024-09-01
Series:Animal Cognition
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-01898-y
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