Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming
Animal emotional states can be investigated by evaluating their impact on cognitive processes. In this study, we used a judgement bias paradigm to determine if short-term positive human-animal interaction (grooming) induced a positive affective state in goats. We tested two groups of goats and train...
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Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-10-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2485.pdf |