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Title: | Laterality of horses associated with emotionality in novel situations | Contributor(s): | Larose, C (author); Richard-Yris, M-A (author); Hausberger, Martine (author); Rogers, Lesley (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | DOI: | 10.1080/13576500600624221 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8526 | Abstract: | We have established that lateral biases are characteristic of visual behaviour in 65 horses. Two breeds, Trotters and French Saddlebreds aged 2 to 3, were tested on a novel object test. The main finding was a significant correlation between emotionality index and the eye preferred to view the novel stimulus: the higher the emotionality, the more likely that the horse looked with its left eye. The less emotive French Saddlebreds, however, tended to glance at the object using the right eye, a tendency that was not found in the Trotters, although the emotive index was the same for both breeds. The youngest French Saddlebreds did not show this trend. These results are discussed in relation to the different training practices for the breeds and broader findings on lateralisation in different species. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Laterality, 11(4), p. 355-367 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1464-0678 1357-650X |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060801 Animal Behaviour | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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