Frontal brain activity and behavioral indicators of affective states are weakly affected by thermal stimuli in sheep living in different housing conditions

Vögeli, Sabine; Wolf, Martin; Wechsler, Beat; Gygax, Lorenz

doi:10.3389/fvets.2015.00009

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Vögeli, S., Wolf, M., Wechsler, B., & Gygax, L. (2015). Frontal brain activity and behavioral indicators of affective states are weakly affected by thermal stimuli in sheep living in different housing conditions. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2:9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2015.00009

Abstract

Many stimuli evoke short-term emotional reactions. These reactions may play an important role in assessing how a subject perceives a stimulus. Additionally, long-term mood may modulate the emotional reactions but it is still unclear in what way. The question seems to be important in terms of animal welfare, as a negative mood may taint emotional reactions. In the present study with sheep, we investigated the effects of thermal stimuli on emotional reactions and the potential modulating effect of mood induced by manipulations of the ho