Canine sense and sensibility: tipping points and response latency variability as an optimism index in a canine judgement bias assessment.

Recent advances in animal welfare science used judgement bias, a type of cognitive bias, as a means to objectively measure an animal's affective state. It is postulated that animals showing heightened expectation of positive outcomes may be categorised optimistic, while those showing heightened...

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Main Authors: Melissa J Starling, Nicholas Branson, Denis Cody, Timothy R Starling, Paul D McGreevy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4168272?pdf=render