A review of domestic dogs' (Canis familiaris) human-like behaviors: or why behavior analysts should stop worrying and love their dogs.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1901/JEAB.2008.89-247PMID 18422021PMCID PMC2251326
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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