-
Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance Influence Pet Choice and Pet-directed Behaviors
Contributor(s):: Green, Jeffrey D., Coy, Anthony E., Mathews, Maureen A.
Attachment theory is a useful lens through which to examine both perceptions and selection of companion animals. Study 1 compared perceptions of dogs and cats, and found that dogs were perceived as having more positive relationship qualities and secure attachment-related characteristics, whereas...
-
Foraging Eurasian badgers Meles meles and the presence of cattle in pastures. Do badgers avoid cattle?
Contributor(s):: Mullen, Enda M., MacWhite, Teresa, Maher, Peter K., Kelly, David J., Marples, Nicola M., Good, Margaret
The proximity of badgers (Meles meles) to cattle, and their propensity to utilise pastures containing cattle, is of fundamental importance in understanding transmission possibilities for Mycobacterium bovis between a wildlife reservoir and cattle on farms. A study of free-ranging badgers carrying...
-
Behavioural fear and heart rate responses of horses after exposure to novel objects: Effects of habituation
Contributor(s):: Leiner, Lisa, Fendt, Markus
The emotion fear promotes the fitness of wild animals. In a farm environment, exaggerated fear, e.g., in horses, can cause several problems. Therefore, knowledge about fear in horses helps to prevent or to handle potential fear-inducing situations. The present study investigated which behavioural...
-
Testing two behavioural paradigms for measuring post-handling cat aversion behaviour
Contributor(s):: Moody, Carly M., Mason, Georgia J., Dewey, Cate E., Landsberg, Gary M., Niel, Lee
Owned, shelter, and laboratory cats undergo handling and restraint throughout their lifetime for routine health examinations and necessary procedures. Many cats display fear and aggressive behaviour during health examinations, and there is potential for these behaviours to result in incomplete...
-
Reindeer spatial use before, during and after construction of a wind farm
Contributor(s):: Tsegaye, Diress, Colman, Jonathan E., Eftestøl, Sindre, Flydal, Kjetil, Røthe, Gunnlaug, Rapp, Kåre
The Fakken Wind farm (WF) was built in 2010–12 on the Fakken peninsula on the south-east corner of the island of Vannøy. Field and GPS sampling was conducted to test the interaction between reindeer spatial use and the WF with associated infrastructure for the period 2007–2015. “Before data” for...
-
Ability of owners to identify resource guarding behaviour in the domestic dog
Contributor(s):: Jacobs, Jacquelyn A., Pearl, David L., Coe, Jason B., Widowski, Tina M., Niel, Lee
Canine resource guarding (RG) describes the behaviour used by a dog to achieve or maintain control over an item of perceived value. Three distinct behavioural patterns of RG have been proposed; rapid ingestion (i.e., rapid consumption of an edible item), avoidance (i.e., positioning of the head...
-
Combat PTSD and implicit behavioral tendencies for positive affective stimuli: A brief report
Contributor(s):: Clausen, Ashley N., Youngren, Westley, Sisante, Jason-Flor V., Billinger, Sandra A., Taylor, Charles, Aupperle, Robin L.
-
Approaching anger in schizophrenia: What an implicit task tells you that self-report does not
Contributor(s):: Reddy, L. Felice, Green, Michael F., Wynn, Jonathan K., Rinck, Mike, Horan, William P.
-
Blockade of histone deacetylation in the brain modulates the expression of transcription factors c-FOS and ZENK and potentiates the formation of long-term memory in neonatal chicks
Contributor(s):: Toporova, K. A., Anokhin, K. V., Tiunova, A. A.
-
Approach bias modification in inpatient psychiatric smokers
Contributor(s):: Machulska, Alla, Zlomuzica, Armin, Rinck, Mike, Assion, Hans-Jörg, Margraf, Jürgen
-
Effects of brief behavioural activation on approach and avoidance tendencies in acute depression: Preliminary findings
Contributor(s):: Nasrin, Farjana, Rimes, Katharine, Reinecke, Andrea, Rinck, Mike, Barnhofer, Thorsten
-
Acute effects of intoxication and arousal on approach/avoidance biases toward sexual risk stimuli in heterosexual men
| Contributor(s):: Simons, Jeffrey S., Maisto, Stephen A., Wray, Tyler B., Emery, Noah N.
This study tested the effects of alcohol intoxication and physiological arousal on cognitive biases toward erotic stimuli and condoms. Ninety-seven heterosexual men were randomized to 1 of 6 independent conditions in a 2 (high arousal or control) × 3 (alcohol target...
-
Explicit and implicit approach vs. avoidance tendencies towards high vs. low calorie food cues in patients with anorexia nervosa and healthy controls
| Contributor(s):: Paslakis, Georgios, Kühn, Simone, Schaubschläger, Anke, Schieber, Katharina, Röder, Kathrin, Rauh, Elisabeth, Erim, Yesim
-
Predator cues reduce American beaver use of foraging trails
| Contributor(s):: Severud, W. J., Belant, J. L., Bruggink, J. G., Windels, S. K.
-
Effectiveness of "natural stockmanship" training in cattle
| Contributor(s):: Abramowicz, P., Golebiewski, M., Gorecka-Bruzda, A., Brzozowski, P.
-
Evidence for pain in decapod crustaceans
| Contributor(s):: Elwood, R. W.
-
Bird strikes and aircraft fuselage color: a correlational study
| Contributor(s):: Fernandez-Juricic, E., Gaffney, J., Blackwell, B. F., Baumhardt, P.
-
Facing the Fear: A Self-Help Guide to Getting Over Animal Phobias
| Contributor(s):: Marchman, James N.
-
Safety catch in behavior therapy: Comments on 'Safety training: The elimination of avoidance-motivated aggression in dogs' by Daniel F. Tortora
| Contributor(s):: Denny, M. Ray
-
Defenseless against art? Impact of reading fiction on emotion in avoidantly attached individuals
| Contributor(s):: Djikic, Maja, Oatley, Keith, Zoeterman, Sara, Peterson, Jordan B.
