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Do Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Make Counterproductive Choices Because They Are Sensitive to Human Ostensive Cues?

  • Sarah Marshall-Pescini ,

    * E-mail: sarah.marshall@unimi.it

    Affiliation Psychology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  • Chiara Passalacqua,

    Affiliation Psychology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  • Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini,

    Affiliation Psychology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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  • Paola Valsecchi,

    Affiliation Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

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  • Emanuela Prato-Previde

    Affiliation Psychology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Do Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Make Counterproductive Choices Because They Are Sensitive to Human Ostensive Cues?

  • Sarah Marshall-Pescini, 
  • Chiara Passalacqua, 
  • Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, 
  • Paola Valsecchi, 
  • Emanuela Prato-Previde
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  • Published: April 25, 2012
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035437
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