Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming

Animal emotional states can be investigated by evaluating their impact on cognitive processes. In this study, we used a judgement bias paradigm to determine if short-term positive human-animal interaction (grooming) induced a positive affective state in goats. We tested two groups of goats and train...

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Main Authors: Luigi Baciadonna, Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2485.pdf