Robert W. Mitchell
List of John Benjamins publications in which Robert W. Mitchell is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1879-873X
Journal
Interaction Studies
Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn and Angelo Cangelosi
ISSN 1572-0373 | E‑ISSN 1572‑0381
2024 Play bows by dogs in dog-human play Interaction Studies 25:2, pp. 146–166 | Article
Dog play bows are recognized as indicating play motivation in dog-dog play, but have never been examined in dog-human play. Twenty-seven dogs and 26 humans engaged in interspecific interactions with familiar and unfamiliar cross-species partners to play; videotapes of the resulting 50 play… read more
2023 Dog talk: Dogs and humans barking and growling during interspecies play Interaction Studies 24:3, pp. 484–514 | Article
Canid and human barks and growls were examined in videotapes of 24 humans (Homo sapiens) and 24 dogs (Canis familiaris) playing with familiar and unfamiliar cross-species play partners. Barks and growls were exhibited by 9 humans and 9 dogs. Dogs barked and (less often) growled most frequently… read more
2008 Minds: Other and not-so-other Human and Robot Interactive Communication, Dautenhahn, Kerstin (ed.), pp. 377–396 | Review
2004 Controlling the dog, pretending to have a conversation, or just being friendly? Influences of sex and familiarity on Americans’ talk to dogs during play Interaction Studies 5:1, pp. 99–129 | Article
This study examines the effects of sex and familiarity on Americans’ talk to dogs during play, using categories derived from research comparing mothers’ and fathers’ talk to infants. Eight men and fifteen women were videotaped whilst playing with their own dog and with another person’s dog, and… read more