Free-ranging dogs show age related plasticity in their ability to follow human pointing

Debottam Bhattacharjee; Nikhil Dev N.; Shreya Gupta; Shubhra Sau; Rohan Sarkar; Arpita Biswas; Arunita Banerjee; Daisy Babu; Diksha Mehta; Anindita Bhadra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180643

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Free-ranging dogs show age related plasticity in their ability to follow human pointing

Debottam Bhattacharjee,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Nikhil Dev N.,

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvannathapuram, Kerala, India
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Shreya Gupta,

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Shubhra Sau,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Rohan Sarkar,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Arpita Biswas,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Arunita Banerjee,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Daisy Babu,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Diksha Mehta,

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Anindita Bhadra

* E-mail: abhadra@iiserkol.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia, West Bengal, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-9732

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Free-ranging dogs show age related plasticity in their ability to follow human pointing

Debottam Bhattacharjee,
Nikhil Dev N.,
Shreya Gupta,
Shubhra Sau,
Rohan Sarkar,
Arpita Biswas,
Arunita Banerjee,
Daisy Babu,
Diksha Mehta,
Anindita Bhadra

Published: July 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180643

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