Happy hamsters? Enrichment induces positive judgement bias for mildly (but not truly) ambiguous cues to reward and punishment in Mesocricetus auratus

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Bethell, Emily J ^a   Koyama, Nicola F ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Emotion; Environmental enrichment; Judgement bias; Psychological wellbeing; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943284138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140399     Document Type: Article

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