Rationale Affective states are known to influence behaviour in humans resulting in cognitive
affective biases, which may play an important role in the development and treatment of …

Depression is one of the most common but poorly understood psychiatric conditions.
Although drug treatments and psychological therapies are effective in some patients, many …

The subjective measures used to study mood disorders in humans cannot be replicated in
animals; however, the increasing application of objective neuropsychological methods …

Rationale Affective biases are hypothesised to contribute to the cause and treatment of
mood disorders. We have previously found that affective biases, associated with learning …

Background and Purpose Predicting the risk of drug‐induced adverse psychiatric effects is
important but currently not possible in non‐human species. We investigated whether the …

Abstract Changes in the processing of emotional information are key features of affective
disorders. Neuropsychological tests based on emotional faces or words are used to detect …

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 …

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 …

Background Reliable measurement of affective state in animals is a significant goal of
animal welfare. Such measurements would also improve the validity of pre-clinical mental …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects more than 10% of the population, although our
understanding of the underlying aetiology of the disease and how antidepressant drugs act …