Can a dog be spontaneous?

Clive D.L. Wynne

doi:10.3758/s13420-020-00430-9

Can a dog be spontaneous?

Clive D.L. Wynne

Psychology

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Abstract

Fugazza and Miklósi (Scientific Reports, 10(1), 3082, 2020) reported “spontaneous” categorization in a dog. I explore what it means to claim that forms of animal cognition are spontaneous.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	397-398
Number of pages	2
Journal	Learning and Behavior
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-020-00430-9
State	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

Categorization
Cognitive ethology
Comparative cognition
Concept learning
Discrimination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Behavioral Neuroscience

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