Measuring judgement bias and emotional reactivity in sheep following long-term exposure to unpredictable and aversive events

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-510

  Doyle, Rebecca E ^a,c   Lee, Caroline ^a   Deiss, Veronique ^b   Fisher, Andrew D ^a,d   Hinch, Geoff N ^c   Boissy, Alain ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Affective state; Animal welfare; Cardiac activity; Cognitive bias; Cortisol; Emotional reactivity; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EWE; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; JUDGMENT; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SHEEP; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78951470415     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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