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The effects of equine-assisted activities on execution function in children aged 7-8 years: A randomized controlled trial
| Contributor(s):: Cheng, X., Zhen, K., Fan, Y., Tang, Q., Wu, H.
BACKGROUND: This study examines the effects of equine-assisted activity (EAA) training on executive functioning (EF) (inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility) in children aged 7-8 years. METHODS: Twenty-Four healthy children aged 7-8 years with a 1:1 ratio of boys to girls...
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Sequence Order in the Range 1 to 19 by Chimpanzees on a Touchscreen Task: Processing Two-Digit Arabic Numerals
| Contributor(s):: Muramatsu, Akiho, Matsuzawa, Tetsuro
The sequence of Arabic numerals from 1 to 19 was taught to six chimpanzees, three pairs of mother and child. Each chimpanzee participant sat facing a touchscreen on which the numerals appeared in random positions within an imaginary 5-by-8 matrix. They had to touch the numerals in ascending...
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Effects of environmental enrichment on recognition memory in zebrafish larvae
| Contributor(s):: Gatto, Elia, Bruzzone, Matteo, Maschio, Marco Dal, Dadda, Marco
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) constitute a useful model for studying memory function and impairment in vertebrates and are now widely used in translational research. On the one hand, the adoption of simple, fast and reliable tests such as novel object recognition (NOR) has increased our knowledge...
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Animal agency, animal awareness and animal welfare
| Contributor(s):: Spinka, M.
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Influences of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Episodic Memory in Patients with Acquired Brain Injuries
| Contributor(s):: Theis, Felicitas, Luck, Frank, Hund-Georgiadis, Margret, Hediger, Karin
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Two assays of working memory in companion dogs: The holeboard and disappearing object tasks
| Contributor(s):: Smith, Melissa, Murrell, Joanna C., Mendl, Michael
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Canine-Assisted Interviews Bolster Informativeness for Negative Autobiographical Memories
| Contributor(s):: Capparelli, A. L., Miller, Q. C., Wright, D. B., London, K.
2020Psychol Rep1231159-1780033-294110.1177/0033294119851803engDepartment of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.Adler Graduate School of Education, Redwood City, CA, USA.text
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Therapy Dogs Improve Student Affect but Not Memory
| Contributor(s):: Trammell, Janet P.
While students are increasingly struggling with anxiety and depression, the effects of therapy dogs on student stress has only recently been explored. This study was conducted to investigate whether therapy dogs can improve student affect and to determine if these benefits extend to cognition in...
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The Effect of Therapy Dogs on Exam Stress and Memory
| Contributor(s):: Trammell, Janet P.
Therapy dogs have been shown in many different situations to reduce stress and improve outcomes, but their effects on academic performance are unknown. I hypothesized that interaction with therapy dogs prior to exams would reduce stress in students and improve exam scores. In study 1,...
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Does Physical Contact with a Dog or Person Affect Performance of a Working Memory Task?
| Contributor(s):: Gee, Nancy R., Friedmann, Erika, Coglitore, Victoria, Fisk, Amy, Stendahl, Marcus
Working memory (WM) plays a critical role in the execution of a wide variety of cognitive tasks and predicts academic success. This study was designed to compare the impact of the presence of a dog or a person, and physical contact with them, on the performance of a WM task. It also exam- ined...
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Emotional contagion in dogs as measured by change in cognitive task performance
| Contributor(s):: Sümegi, Zsófia, Oláh, Katalin, Topál, József
Domestic dogs are living with humans in a very special inter-species relationship. Previous studies have shown physiological and hormonal synchronisation between dogs and their owners during positive interaction. Dogs are also known to be able to discriminate human emotions and they were also...
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Effect of genetic homogeneity on behavioural variability in an object recognition test in cloned Göttingen minipigs
| Contributor(s):: Søndergaard, Lene Vammen, Herskin, Mette S., Ladewig, Jan, Holm, Ida Elisabeth, Dagnæs-Hansen, Frederik
The number of animals used in research should be limited as much as possible. Among cloned animals, genetic variation is minimal and to the extent that behaviour is genetically determined inter-individual variability is expected to be higher among naturally bred animals. However, the cloning...
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The effect of frequency and duration of training sessions on acquisition and long-term memory in dogs
| Contributor(s):: Demant, Helle, Ladewig, Jan, Balsby, Thorsten J. S., Dabelsteen, Torben
Most domestic dogs are subjected to some kind of obedience training, often on a frequent basis, but the question of how often and for how long a dog should be trained has not been fully investigated. Optimizing the training as much as possible is not only an advantage in the training of working...
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Female and male pigs’ performance in a spatial holeboard and judgment bias task
| Contributor(s):: Roelofs, Sanne, Nordquist, Rebecca E., van der Staay, Franz Josef
Studies of the cognitive abilities of pigs are increasing in number, due to their relevance for the fields of animal welfare and biomedical research. While both female and male pigs have been used in cognitive tasks, possible sex differences in performance have not yet received extensive...
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Use of a maze test to assess spatial learning and memory in cattle: Can cattle traverse a complex maze?
| Contributor(s):: Hirata, Masahiko, Tomita, Chihiro, Yamada, Karin
Maze tests were conducted to assess spatial learning and memory in Japanese Black cows (Bos taurus). The test arena (14×14m) was designed so that it could contain no maze or one of four different mazes of increasing complexity (L1–L4 mazes), with a food reward at the opposite end of the release...
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Pet memoirs: The characteristics of event memories in cats and dogs, as reported by their owners
| Contributor(s):: Lewis, Amy, Berntsen, Dorthe
The case for episodic memory in non-human animals has been intensely debated. Although a variety of paradigms have shown elements of episodic memory in non-human animals, research has focused on rodents, birds and primates, using standardized experimental designs, limiting the types of events...
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Effects of accelerated human music on learning and memory performance of rats
| Contributor(s):: Korsós, Gabriella, Horváth, Krisztina, Lukács, Anita, Vezér, Tünde, Glávits, Róbert, Fodor, Kinga, Fekete, Sándor György
A total of forty, 7-week-old male rats were exposed to the 'rodentized' version (twice as fast as and one octave higher than the original) of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major for ten minutes a day for 10 weeks. One group (10 rats) received the musical stimuli before ('B'), another during...
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Study into long-term memory of a complex learning task in Shetland ponies (Equus caballus)
| Contributor(s):: Gabor, Vivian, Gerken, Martina
Three Shetland ponies were tested in memorizing a quantity discrimination task with a computer based learning device. One year before, they had learned to relate a quantity of geometric symbols to another on a computer flat screen presented in a matching to sample design. All three of the ponies...
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The effect of age on visuo-spatial short-term memory in family dogs
| Contributor(s):: Patrizia Piotti, Dóra Szabó, Lisa Wallis, Zsófia Bognár, Bianka Stiegmann, Anna Egerer, Pauline Marty, Enikő Kubinyi
Decline in the visuo-spatial memory domain may be an early marker for cognitive decline and has a relevant impact on animal welfare. Current research on visuo-spatial memory in family dogs is often limited by factors such as the need of extensive pre-training, limited attention to co-occurring...
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Koira-avusteinen toiminta muistisairaiden hoidossa hoitajien kokemana
| Contributor(s):: Tiina Voutilainen
Tämän opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli selvittää, millaista hyötyä muistisairaiden asukkaiden hoitajat kokevat koira-avusteisesta toiminnasta olevan asukkaille ja millaista hyötyä siitä on muistisairaiden asukkaiden hoitotyössä....
