Effects of prenatal stress and emotional reactivity of the mother on emotional and cognitive abilities in lambs

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 626-636

  Coulon, Marjorie ^a,b,c   Nowak, Raymond ^d,e,f,g   Andanson, Stephane ^a,b,c   Petit, Bérengère ^a,b,c   Lévy, Frédéric ^d,e,f,g   Boissy, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^g Institut Franc ais du Cheval et de l'Equitation   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias test; Emotional reactivity; Prenatal stress; Sheep; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84931565780     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21320     Document Type: Article

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