Laterality and emotions: Visual laterality in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) differs with objects' emotional value

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-490

  De Boyer Des Roches, Alice ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a   Henry, Séverine ^a   Ezzaouïa, Mohammed ^b   Hausberger, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b FNARC Haras National de Sidi Thabet   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Emotion; Horse; Laterality; Perception; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HORSE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 43549113584     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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