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spellingShingle Ben-Aderet, Tobey, Gallego-Abenza, Mario, Reby, David, Mathevon, Nicolas, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Dog-directed speech: why do we use it and do dogs pay attention to it?, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine
title Dog-directed speech: why do we use it and do dogs pay attention to it?
title_full Dog-directed speech: why do we use it and do dogs pay attention to it?
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