Sensitivity to reward loss as an indicator of animal emotion and welfare

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Parker, Richard M A ^a   Paul, Elizabeth S ^a   Mendl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Rat; Successive negative contrast; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; NEUROLOGY; RODENT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AFFECT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 46949084236     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0113     Document Type: Article

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