Over time the human–animal bond has been changed. For instance, the role of pets has
changed from work animals (protecting houses, catching mice) to animals with a social …

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

Contemporary animal welfare thinking is increasingly emphasising the promotion of positive
states. There is a need for existing assessment frameworks to accommodate this shift in …

Simple Summary The Five Freedoms were formulated in the early 1990s and are now well
recognised as highly influential in the animal welfare arena. However, a marked increase in …

A better understanding of animal emotion is an important goal in disciplines ranging from
neuroscience to animal welfare science. The conscious experience of emotion cannot be …

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 …

Does the structure of an adult human brain alter in response to environmental demands,?
Here we use whole-brain magnetic-resonance imaging to visualize learning-induced …

It is now widely accepted that good welfare is not simply the absence of negative
experiences, but rather is primarily the presence of positive experiences such as pleasure …

Simple Summary Wild mice live in territories inhabited by one adult male, several females,
and their offspring. This cannot be replicated in the laboratory, so male mice are usually …

Accurate assessment of animal emotion (affect) is an important goal in animal welfare
science, and in areas such as neuroscience and psychopharmacology. Direct measures of …