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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

Considering the role of social dynamics and positional behavior in gestural communication research

Authors: Lindsey W. Smith, Roberto A. Delgado

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: african apes, gesture, language evolution, positional behavior, social dynamics

2013

Gesture Use by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Differences Between Sexes in Inter- and Intra-Sexual Interactions

Authors: Nicole M. Scott

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: inter-sexual, intra-sexual, pan troglodytes, sex differences, social context, social pressure

2013

Pseudoreplication: a widespread problem in primate communication research

Authors: B. M. Waller, L. Warmelink, K. Liebal, J. Micheletta, K. E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ape, facial expression, gesture, monkey, pooling fallacy, pseudoreplication, statistics, vocalization

2013

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

Learning interspecific communicative responses in Pampas foxes (Lycalopex gymnocercus)

Authors: Barrera, G. Jakovcevic, A. Mustaca, A. Bentosela, M.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: canids, interespecific communication, learning, pampas's foxes.

2012

Memory and foraging theory: chimpanzee utilization of optimality heuristics in the rank-order recovery of hidden foods

Authors: Ken Sayers, Charles R. Menzel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: communication, evolutionary ecology, handling time, movement ecology, prey encounter, primate cognition

2012

Onset and Early Use of Gestural Communication in Nonhuman Great Apes

Authors: C. Schneider, J. Call, K. Liebal

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, gesture, gorilla, onset, orangutan

2012

The language void: the need for multimodality in primate communication research

Authors: Katie E. Slocombe, Bridget M. Waller, Katja Liebal

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: facial expression, gesture, language evolution, multimodal communication, primate communication, vocalization

2011

Understanding of human communicative motives in domestic dogs

Authors: Helene Pettersson, Juliane Kaminski, Esther Herrmann, Michael Tomasello

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communicative motive, competition, cooperation, domestic dog, pointing gesture

2011

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