Learning and Judgment Can Be Affected by Predisposed Fearfulness in Laying Hens
High fearfulness could disrupt learning and likely affects judgment in animals, especially when it is part of an animals’ personality, i.e., trait anxiety. Here, we tested whether high fearfulness affects discrimination learning and judgment bias (JB) in laying hens. Based on the response to an open...
Main Authors: | Elske N. de Haas, Caroline Lee, T. Bas Rodenburg |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2017.00113/full |
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