Chronic psychosocial stress makes rats more 'pessimistic'in the ambiguous-cue interpretation paradigm

J Papciak, P Popik, E Fuchs, R Rygula - Behavioural brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
Human decisions are often biased by emotions. Stressed and depressed individuals tend to
make negative, pessimistic judgements while those in positive affective states are often …

Assessment of reward responsiveness in the response bias probabilistic reward task in rats: implications for cross-species translational research

A Der-Avakian, MS D'Souza, DA Pizzagalli… - Translational …, 2013 - nature.com
Mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, are characterized by abnormal reward
responsiveness. The Response Bias Probabilistic Reward Task (hereafter referred to as …

A translational rodent assay of affective biases in depression and antidepressant therapy

SA Stuart, P Butler, MR Munafo, DJ Nutt… - …, 2013 - nature.com
The subjective measures used to study mood disorders in humans cannot be replicated in
animals; however, the increasing application of objective neuropsychological methods …

[图书][B] Improving captive animal welfare through the application of cognitive enrichment

LN Millar - 2013 - search.proquest.com
Welfare for captive animals in laboratory, farm, companion and zoo settings is difficult to
assess and subject to interpretation. The perceived needs of animals change over time and …