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  1. Dog talk

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, December 2023, John Benjamins

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  2. Anecdote

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  3. Metacommunication

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  4. Object-Choice Test

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  5. High and Tight, Please: Self-explanations for Experiencing Short Haircuts as Erotic

    Article • Sexuality & Culture, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  6. You talkin’ to me? An assessment of commands as play signals during dog–human play

    Article • Animal Cognition, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  7. The expressive moment: How interaction (with music) shapes human empowerment, by Marc Leman

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, December 2018, John Benjamins

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  8. Functions of pointing by humans, and dogs’ responses, during dog-human play between familiar and unfamiliar players

    Article • Animal Behavior and Cognition, April 2018, Animal Behavior and Cognition

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  9. The Interpretation of Cows' Psychology

    Article • Animal Behavior and Cognition, November 2017, Animal Behavior and Cognition

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  10. A critique and empirical assessment of Alexandra Horowitz and Julie Hecht’s “Examining dog–human play: the characteristics, affect, and vocalizations of a unique interspecific interaction”

    Article • Animal Cognition, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  11. Straight white American college students’ attitudes toward a self-identified straight, not gay or gay man who has sex with men: incongruent sexual orientation identity diminishes perceived psychological health

    Article • Psychology and Sexuality, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  12. Self-Recognition and Other-Recognition in Point-Light Displays

    Article • Open Journal of Philosophy, January 2016, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  13. Creativity in the Interaction

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  14. Why Do People Laugh during Dog–Human Play Interactions?

    Article • Anthrozoös, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  15. Does Knowing Why Someone is Gay Influence Tolerance? Genetic, Environmental, Choice, and “Reparative” Explanations

    Article • Sexuality & Culture, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  16. Animals as Ourselves, as Others, as Themselves

    Article • Society and Animals, April 2014, Brill

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  17. A critique of Stephane Savanah’s “mirror self-recognition and symbol-mindedness”

    Article • Biology & Philosophy, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  18. Cat Person, Dog Person, Gay, or Heterosexual: The Effect of Labels on a Man’s Perceived Masculinity, Femininity, and Likability

    Article • Society and Animals, January 2013, Brill

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  19. Residents’ and Tourists’ Knowledge of Sea Lions in the Galápagos

    Article • Society and Animals, January 2012, Brill

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  20. In the Eye of the Beholder: Knowledge that a Man is Gay Promotes American College Students’ Attributions of Cross-Gender Characteristics

    Article • Sexuality & Culture, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  21. A Cultural History of Animals (6 Volumes)

    Article • Anthrozoös, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  22. Minds: Other and not-so-other

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, May 2008, John Benjamins

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  23. Mirrors and matchings: imitation from the perspective of mirror-self-recognition, and the parietal region's involvement in both

    Article • March 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  24. Controlling the dog, pretending to have a conversation, or just being friendly?

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, May 2004, John Benjamins

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  25. Imaginative animals, pretending children

    Article • February 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  26. Exploring pretense in animals and children

    Article • February 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  27. A history of pretense in animals and children

    Article • February 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  28. Pretending and Imagination in Animals and Children

    Article • February 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  29. Book review

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  30. Gender-Related Attributions and the Gay or Lesbian Label

    Article • The Journal of Humanistic Counseling Education and Development, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  31. Deception and concealment as strategic script violation in great apes and humans

    Article • August 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  32. Functions of Repetitive Talk to Dogs during Play: Control, Conversation, or Planning?

    Article • Society and Animals, January 1999, Brill

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  33. A Comparison of the Self-Awareness and Kinesthetic?Visual Matching Theories of Self-Recognition: Autistic Children and Others

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1997, Wiley

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  34. The Interpretation of Animal Psychology: Anthropomorphism or Behavior Reading?

    Article • Behaviour, January 1997, Brill

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  35. Kinesthetic-Visual Matching and the Self-Concept as Explanations of Mirror-Self-Recognition

    Article • Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, January 1997, Wiley

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  36. Pointing, withholding information, and deception in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 1997, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  37. Self-recognition, methodology and explanation: a comment on Heyes (1994)

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  38. Evidence of Dolphin Self-Recognition and the Difficulties of Interpretation

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, June 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  39. Mirror self-recognition and mental state attribution.

    Article • American Psychologist, August 1994, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  40. Multiplicities of self

    Article • May 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  41. Evolving self-awareness

    Article • May 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  42. Self-Awareness in Animals and Humans

    Article • May 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  43. Mental models of mirror-self-recognition: Two theories

    Article • New Ideas in Psychology, November 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  44. Two theories of a mental model of mirror-self- recognition: A response to Mitchell

    Article • New Ideas in Psychology, November 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  45. Discrimination learning of scratching, but failure to obtain imitation and self-recognition in a long-tailed macaque

    Article • Primates, July 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  46. Familiarity and the rarity of deception: Two theories and their relevance to play between dogs (Canis familiaris) and humans (Homo sapiens).

    Article • Journal of Comparative Psychology, January 1993, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  47. Developing Concepts in Infancy: Animals, Self-Perception, and Two Theories of Mirror Self-Recognition

    Article • Psychological Inquiry, April 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  48. Deception and hiding in captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

    Article • Primates, October 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  49. The Effects of Familiarity on Dog-Human Play

    Article • Anthrozoös, March 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell

  50. Ontogeny, biography, and evidence for tactical deception

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, June 1988, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert W. Mitchell