Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates

Authors: K. A. Cronin, E. J. Bethell, S. L. Jacobson, C. Egelkamp, L. M. Hopper, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo

2018

Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Fail to Learn Abstract Cues of Differential Outcomes in a Novel Cognitive Bias Test

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, conditional discrimination, gorillas, quantity

2018

Bottlenose dolphins engaging in more social affiliative behaviour judge ambiguous cues more optimistically

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, H. G. Rodel, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affiliative behavior, animal emotion, animal welfare, anticipatory, behavior, behavioral sciences, bias, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive, judgment bias, mood, neurosciences, optimism, social behavior, state, stress, synchronous swimming, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2017

Do horses with poor welfare show ‘pessimistic’ cognitive biases?

Authors: S. Henry, C. Fureix, R. Rowberry, M. Bateson, M. Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Science of Nature

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, back-pain, behavioral-disorders, cognitive judgement biases, enrichment, environmental, equus-caballus, horses, judgment bias, laboratory rats, management factors, multidisciplinary sciences, rattus-norvegicus, starlings sturnus-vulgaris

2017

Emotional affect and the occurrence of owner reported health problems in the domestic dog

Authors: Sarah Jane Reaney, Helen Zulch, Daniel Mills, Sarah Gardner, Lisa Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, behaviour, canine, emotional affect, health, mood

2017

Toward a Choice-Based Judgment Bias Task for Horses

Authors: Sara Hintze, Emma Roth, Iris Bachmann, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, emotional state, horse, mood

2017

Changes in human health parameters associated with a touch tank experience at a zoological institution

Authors: John M. Sahrmann, Amy Niedbalski, Louise Bradshaw, Rebecca Johnson, Sharon L. Deem

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nature deficit disorder, one health, physiological, psychological, stress

2016

Effects of chronic mild stress on behavioral and neurobiological parameters — Role of glucocorticoid

Authors: Jiao Chen, Zhen-zhen Wang, Wei Zuo, Shuai Zhang, Shi-feng Chu, Nai-hong Chen

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: bdnf, chronic mild stress, depression, fkbp5, gap junction, gr

2016

In-depth behavioral characterization of the corticosterone mouse model and the critical involvement of housing conditions

Authors: Thomas Demuyser, Lauren Deneyer, Eduard Bentea, Giulia Albertini, Joeri Van Liefferinge, Ellen Merckx, An De Prins, Dimitri De Bundel, Ann Massie, Ilse Smolders

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, corticosterone, depression, face validity, housing, mouse model

2016

On-farm qualitative behaviour assessment in sheep: Repeated measurements across time, and association with physical indicators of flock health and welfare

Authors: Clare J. Phythian, Eleni Michalopoulou, Peter J. Cripps, Jennifer S. Duncan, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based outcomes, consistency, qualitative behaviour assessment, sheep

2016

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