Emotional experience in sheep: Predictability of a sudden event lowers subsequent emotional responses

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 675-683

  Greiveldinger, Lucile ^a   Veissier, Isabelle ^a   Boissy, Alain ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Appraisal theories; Cardiac activity; Emotions; Predictability; Sheep; Startle; Suddenness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SHEEP; STARTLE REFLEX; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 35648950524     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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