Do animals live in the present?. Current evidence and implications for welfare

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-382

  Mendl, Michael ^a   Paul, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic future thinking; Episodic memory; Mental time travel; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEMORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50649105272     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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