Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans

Despite being closely related, dogs perform worse than wolves in independent problem-solving tasks. These differences in problem-solving performance have been attributed to dogs’ greater reliance on humans, who are usually present when problem-solving tasks are presented. However, more fundamental m...

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Main Authors: Akshay Rao, Lara Bernasconi, Martina Lazzaroni, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Friederike Range
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5944.pdf