Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist
Assessing the potential impact of zoo visitors on the welfare and cognitive performance of Japanese macaques
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, attention bias, monkey, touchscreen, visitor effect, zoo research
2021
Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis
2021
Cognitive Enrichment in Practice: A Survey of Factors Affecting Its Implementation in Zoos Globally
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal enrichment, barriers to adoption, captive vertebrate management, cognition, practice change
2021
Do zoo visitors induce attentional bias effects in primates completing cognitive tasks?
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords: attention bias, cognition, match-to-sample, monkey, visitor effect, welfare
2021
The Effect of Altering Routine Husbandry Factors on Sleep Duration and Memory Consolidation in the Horse
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bedding, behaviour, equine, light, nocturnal, sleep
2021
Judgement Bias in Miniature Donkeys: Conditioning Factors and Personality Links
The status and value of replications in animal behavior science
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: *animal cognition, animal behavior, inferences, methods, replication, theory
2021
Synergy between behavioural research on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) conducted in zoological and wild settings
Publication/Journal: Polar Research
Keywords: *animal cognition, aquariums, captive whales, maternal behaviour, play, socio-sexual interactions
2021
What’s not to like about Likert? Developing a nonverbal animal preference scale (NAPS)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: gorillas, Likert scale, preference scale
2021