Environmental enrichment induces optimistic cognitive bias in rats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Brydges, Nichola M ^a   Leach, Matthew ^b,c   Nicol, Katie ^a   Wright, Rebecca ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective state; Animal welfare; Emotion; Environmental enrichment; Judgement bias; Positive cognitive bias; Rat; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 78650188748     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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