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Uncloaking the magician: Contributions of comparative psychology to understanding animal training (2002)
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Young, R. (2002). Uncloaking the magician: Contributions of comparative psychology to understanding animal training. #Journal not on list, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.46867/C47G75

The training of animals is an ancient anthropogenic process; however, it was not until the birth of comparative psychology, as a science, that the mysterious ways of the animal trainer were formally explained. In this review I will discuss the contri... Read More about Uncloaking the magician: Contributions of comparative psychology to understanding animal training.

Do domestic dogs show any evidence of being able to count? (2002)
Journal Article
West, R., & Young, R. (2002). Do domestic dogs show any evidence of being able to count?. Animal Cognition, 5, 183-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-002-0140-0

Numerical competence has been demonstrated in a wide range of animal species. The level of numerical abilities shown ranges from simple relative numerousness judgements to true counting. In this study we used the preferential looking technique to... Read More about Do domestic dogs show any evidence of being able to count?.