A Screen-Peck Task for Investigating Cognitive Bias in Laying Hens.

Affect-induced cognitive judgement biases occur in both humans and animals. Animals in a more negative affective state tend to interpret ambiguous cues more negatively than animals in a more positive state and vice versa. Investigating animals' responses to ambiguous cues can therefore be used...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amanda Deakin, William J Browne, James J L Hodge, Elizabeth S Paul, Michael Mendl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4943636?pdf=render