Mutual interactions between cognition and welfare: The horse as an animal model

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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Review

Hausberger, M.¹  Stomp, M.²  Sankey, C.³  Brajon, S.⁴  Lunel, C.⁵  Henry, S.² 

[1] Univ Caen Normandie, Univ Rennes, CNRS, UMR6552,Lab Ethol Anim & Humaine, Campus Beaulieu,Ave Gen Leclerc, F-35042 Rennes, France

[2] Univ Caen Normandie, Univ Rennes, CNRS, UMR6552,Lab Ethol Anim & Humaine,Stn Biol, F-35380 Paimpont, France

[3] Univ Paris 05, Sorbonne Paris Cite, Inst Psychol, Lab Psychopathol & Proc Sante,EA 4057, Paris, France

[4] Univ Laval, Dept Sci Anim, Ville De Quebec, PQ, Canada

[5] Univ Bretagne Loire, Univ Rennes, INRA, IGEPP,Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France

关键词: Cognition;    Welfare;    Horse;    Learning;    Memory;    Emotions;    Brain processing;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.022

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Research in cognitive psychology has repeatedly shown how much cognition and emotions are mutually related to one another. Psychological disorders are associated with cognitive (attention, memory and judgment) biases and chronic pain may affect attention, learning or memory. Laboratory studies have provided useful insights about the processes involved but observations about spontaneous animal models, living in different stress/ welfare conditions may help understand further how cognition and welfare are interrelated in thereal world . Domestic horses constitute such a model as they live in a variety of conditions that impact differently their welfare state. In the present review, we try and provide an overview of the scientific literature on cognition and welfare of domestic horses and their interrelationship. We address how emotions and welfare may affect cognitive processes in horses and impact the way they perceive their environment (including work). We propose new methods for assessing the relationship between welfare and cognition and open up the discussion on the evolution of the brain and the part domestication may have played.

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