Effects of stroking horses on both humans' and horses' heart rate responses

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 66-73

  Hama, Haruyo ^a   Yogo, Masao ^a   Matsuyama, Yoshinori ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Human companion animal interaction; Pet Attitude Scale; Subjective arousal; Touching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030528208     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.1996.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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