Simple Summary Good animal welfare requires minimizing suffering and promoting positive
experiences. To achieve this, we need reliable indicators of animals' psychological states. In …

Cognitive symptoms of depression, including negative cognitive bias, are more severe in
women than in men. Current treatments to reduce negative cognitive bias are not effective …

Affective state can bias an animal's judgement. Animals in positive affective states can
interpret ambiguous cues more positively (“optimistically”) than animals in negative affective …

In the zoo environment, anthropogenic noise is common as sound levels fluctuate due to
visitors, construction, habitat design, and special events. In this study, changes in the mood …

Scientific methods for assessing animal affect, especially affective valence (positivity or
negativity), allow us to evaluate animal welfare and the effectiveness of 3Rs Refinements …

In humans, affective states can bias responses to ambiguous information: a phenomenon
termed judgment bias (JB). Judgment biases have great potential for assessing affective …

Rationale There is an urgent need to identify behaviours in animals that can provide insight
into the aetiology and potential treatment of depression in humans. Objectives This study …

Despite more than 40 years of research into the field and the increasing use of the term in
the media, there is still some uncertainty and even mystery over cognitive biases. This …

Background Assessing the affective state of animals is important for a range of research
areas, including neuroscience. The use of cognitive judgement and attention biases to …

What is it to be mentally healthy and well? We all know that many aspects of our lives can
impinge on our mental health including the ups and downs of our daily existence, how well …