Does attention make the difference? Horses' response to human stimulus after 2 different training strategies

Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-38

  Baragli, Paolo ^a   Mariti, Chiara ^a   Petri, Leonardo ^a   De Giorgio, Francesco ^b   Sighieri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b EquinSensExperience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Exploration; Horse; Human stimulus; Training

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78651496760     PISSN: 15587878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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