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Are domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) able to use complex human-given cues to find a hidden reward?

Authors: C. Nawroth, M. Ebersbach, E. Von Borell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pigs, human-animal interaction, human-given cues, object choice paradigm, pointing gesture

2016


Are great apes tested with an abject object-choice task?

Authors: N.J. Mulcahy, V. Hedge

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: abject object-choice, ape, communicative gesture, dog, eye contact, object-choice task

2012


Ontogeny and phylogeny: both are essential to human-sensitive behaviour in the genus Canis

Authors: Monique A. R. Udell, Clive D. L. Wynne

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: canis familiaris, canis lupus, domestic dog, domestication hypothesis, object-choice task, social cognition, two-stage hypothesis, wolf

2010


The performance of bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in two versions of an object-choice task

Authors: Nicholas J. Mulcahy, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: communication, cross-body pointing, experimenter-given cues object-choice, gaze following, task

2009


Great apes’ (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) understanding of tool functional properties after limited experience

Authors: Esther Herrmann, Victoria Wobber, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *tool use, causal knowledge, object-choice task, problem solving, tool properties

2008


Bottlenosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Comprehend the Referent of Both Static and Dynamic Human Gazing and Pointing in an Object-Choice Task

Authors: AA Pack, LM. Herman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: alternative object, bottlenosed dolphins, cues, dolphins, dynamic gaze, human-directed gazing, performance, static gaze, understanding

2004


Chimpanzees are more skilful in competitive than in cooperative cognitive tasks

Authors: Brian Hare, Michael Tomasello

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chimpanzee, cognition, competition, cooperation, discrimination task, object-choice task, pan troglodytes

2004


Nonenculturated Orangutans’ (Pongo pygmaeus) Use of Experimenter-Given Manual and Facial Cues in an Object-Choice Task

Authors: J.T. Byrnit

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *choice behavior, animal/physiology, behavior, behaviour, cues, culture, facial expression, female, hand, pongo pygmaeus, visual perception

2004


Use of human visual attention cues by olive baboons (Papio anubis) in a competitive task

Authors: Sarah-Jane Vick, James R. Anderson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: gestures, human gaze cues, olive baboons, papio anubis, visual orientation cues, visual perspective-taking

2003


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