Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs

@article{Fugazza2016RecallOO,
  title={Recall of Others’ Actions after Incidental Encoding Reveals Episodic-like Memory in Dogs},
  author={Claudia Fugazza and {\'A}kos Pog{\'a}ny and {\'A}d{\'a}m Mikl{\'o}si},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2016},
  volume={26},
  pages={3209-3213}
}
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