Domestic animals often seek and enjoy interacting with humans. Positive human–animal
relationships can elicit positive emotions and other positive welfare outcomes. Nevertheless …

Communication is essential to members of a society not only for the expression of personal
information, but also for the protection from environmental threats. Highly social mammals …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Sentience–the ability to feel, perceive and experience–is central to the animal welfare
debate as it raises the question of whether animals experience suffering in life and death …

Human attitudes to animals have changed as non-humans have become more widely
incorporated in the category of moral agents who deserve some respect. Parallels between …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the looming health crises of the near future. Increasing
lifespans and better medical treatment for other conditions mean that the prevalence of this …

In general, individuals look where they attend and next intend to act. Many animals,
including our own species, use observed gaze as a deictic (“pointing”) cue to guide …

This fifth edition book is a comprehensive guide to the behaviour and welfare of domestic
animals. It provides practical information for those involved with farming, pet animals and …

Current hypotheses that use visually guided reaching and grasping to explain orbital
convergence, visual specialization, and brain expansion in primates are open to question …

Face perception serves as the basis for much of human social exchange. Diverse
information can be extracted about an individual from a single glance at their face, including …