Memories of emotional expressions in horses

Learn Behav. 2019 Sep;47(3):191-192. doi: 10.3758/s13420-018-0363-9.

Abstract

Proops, Grounds, Smith, and McComb (2018) suggest that horses remember previous emotional expressions of specific humans, and use these memories to adjust their behavior in future social interactions. Despite some methodological shortcomings, this study raises important questions on the complexity of social interactions in nonhuman animals, which surely deserve further attention.

Keywords: Cognitive ethology; Comparative cognition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Attention
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Memory*
  • Mental Recall*