Studying Audience Effects in Animals: What We Can Learn from Human Language Research

Overview

Journal Anim Behav

Date 2018 Mar 13

PMID 29527016

Citations 10

Authors

Brittany Coppinger

Ryan A Cannistraci

Ferhat Karaman

Steven C Kyle

Elizabeth A Hobson

Todd M Freeberg

Jessica F Hay

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