Preschool Children Require Fewer Instructional Prompts to Perform a Memory Task in the Presence of a Dog
Submitted on May 24, 2010 (Original item from 2010)
Companion Animals | Pet Ownership | Psychology, Social Development, Social Motivations | Research for Academic Learning | Youths - Social, Ethical Development
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An experiment conducted on the memory performance and adherence to instructions of a group of preschoolers in the presence of a real dog, a stuffed dog, and a human confederate found that the presence of a well-trained dog reduces the need for instructional prompts with respect to object recognition.
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