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ReviewLearning & behavior2023

Following the human point: Research with nonhuman animals since Povinelli, Nelson, and Boysen (1990).

Maeve K McCreary, Sara V R Jones, Valerie A Kuhlmeier

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Review in Learning & behavior, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Popperian Dogs-Practical Rationality and Inferential Reasoning in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Maeve K McCrearyDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Sara V R JonesDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Valerie A KuhlmeierDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. vk4@queensu.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0440-0477

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For this special issue in honor of Dr. Sarah (Sally) Boysen's career, we review studies on point following in nonhuman animals. Of the 126 papers that we documented on this topic published since the publication of Povinelli, Nelson, and Boysen (1990, Journal of Comparative Psychology, 104, 203-210), 94 (75%) were published in the past 15 years, including 22 in the past 5 years, indicating that this topic is still an active area of interest in the field of animal behavior and cognition. We present results of a survey of publication trends, discussing the species tested and the sample sizes, and we note methodological considerations and current multilaboratory approaches. We then categorize and synthesize the research questions addressed in these studies, which have been at both the ultimate level (e.g., questions related to evolutionary adaptiveness and phylogenetic differences) and proximate level (e.g., questions related to experiential and temperamental processes). Throughout, we consider future directions for this area of research.

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Biological EvolutionCognitionAnimalsBehavior, AnimalHumansPhylogenyCommunicationComparative cognitionSocial learning

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PMID36175744

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