Attention Bias Test Differentiates Anxiety and Depression in Sheep

Negative affective states such as anxiety and depression pose a risk to animal welfare, however, practical tests for assessing these states in animals are limited. In humans, anxious individuals are shown to pay more attention toward threatening information than non-anxious individuals, known as an...

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Main Authors: Jessica E. Monk, Sue Belson, Ian G. Colditz, Caroline Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00246/full