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

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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 the « real 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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hal-02278242 , version 1 (04-09-2019)

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Martine Hausberger, Mathilde Stomp, Carol Sankey, Sophie Brajon, Christophe Lunel, et al.. Mutual interactions between cognition and welfare: the horse as an animal model. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019, 107, pp.540-559. ⟨10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.08.022⟩. ⟨hal-02278242⟩
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