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

Grooming, social rank and ‘optimism’ in tufted capuchin monkeys: a study of judgement bias

(2016) Gabriele Schino et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Gentle interactions decrease the fear of humans in dairy heifers independently of early experience of stroking

(2016) Stephanie Lürzel et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Goats display audience-dependent human-directed gazing behaviour in a problem-solving task

(2016) Christian Nawroth et al.   Biology Letters

Assessing positive emotional states in dogs using heart rate and heart rate variability

(2016) Manja Zupan et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

How good is this food? A study on dogs' emotional responses to a potentially pleasant event using infrared thermography

(2016) Tiziano Travain et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Making Decisions under Ambiguity: Judgment Bias Tasks for Assessing Emotional State in Animals

(2016) Sanne Roelofs et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Emotions in goats: mapping physiological, behavioural and vocal profiles

(2015) Elodie F. Briefer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Autonomic nervous system reactivity in a free-ranging mammal: effects of dominance rank and personality

(2015) Elodie F. Briefer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The use of judgement bias to assess welfare in farm livestock

(2015) L Baciadonna et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

The influence of gentle interactions on avoidance distance towards humans, weight gain and physiological parameters in group-housed dairy calves

(2015) Stephanie Lürzel et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Do Lambs Perceive Regular Human Stroking as Pleasant? Behavior and Heart Rate Variability Analyses

(2015) Marjorie Coulon et al.   PLoS One

Observer bias in animal behaviour research: can we believe what we score, if we score what we believe?

(2014) F.A.M. Tuyttens et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Can ear postures reliably measure the positive emotional state of cows?

(2014) Helen S. Proctor et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Generating positive affective states in sheep: The influence of food rewards and opioid administration

(2014) Else Verbeek et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Repeated exposure to positive events induces optimistic-like judgment and enhances fearfulness in chronically stressed sheep

(2014) Alexandra Destrez et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Separation from the Dam Causes Negative Judgement Bias in Dairy Calves

(2014) Rolnei R. Daros et al.   PLoS One

Sex differences in impulsive action and impulsive choice

(2013) Jessica Weafer et al.   ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

Rescued goats at a sanctuary display positive mood after former neglect

(2013) Elodie F. Briefer et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Effects of cognitive enrichment on behavioural and physiological reactions of pigs

(2013) Manuela Zebunke et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Are hungry sheep more pessimistic? The effects of food restriction on cognitive bias and the involvement of ghrelin in its regulation

(2013) Else Verbeek et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Goats favour personal over social information in an experimental foraging task

(2013) Luigi Baciadonna et al.   PeerJ

Cognitive bias and anticipatory behaviour of laying hens housed in basic and enriched pens

(2012) Anette Wichman et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Does reduction of fearfulness tend to reduce pessimistic-like judgment in lambs?

(2012) Alexandra Destrez et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Age and sex differences in impulsive action in rats: The role of dopamine and glutamate

(2012) Christie L. Burton et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Laughing Rats Are Optimistic

(2012) Rafal Rygula et al.   PLoS One

A comparison of adult and adolescent rat behavior in operant learning, extinction, and behavioral inhibition paradigms.

(2011) Matthew E. Andrzejewski et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

The ability of lambs to form expectations and the emotional consequences of a discrepancy from their expectations

(2011) L. Greiveldinger et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

An integrative and functional framework for the study of animal emotion and mood

(2010) M. Mendl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behavioural and physiological assessment of positive and negative emotion in sheep

(2009) Nadine Reefmann et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Cognitive bias as an indicator of animal emotion and welfare: Emerging evidence and underlying mechanisms

(2009) Michael Mendl et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Physiological expression of emotional reactions in sheep

(2009) Nadine Reefmann et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Stroking Different Body Regions of Dairy Cows: Effects on Avoidance and Approach Behavior Toward Humans

(2008) C. Schmied et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Larger, enriched cages are associated with ‘optimistic’ response biases in captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

(2007) Stephanie M. Matheson et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Stroking of different body regions by a human: Effects on behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows

(2007) Claudia Schmied et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE