This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

Judgment bias tasks (JBTs) are considered as a family of promising tools in the assessment
of emotional states of animals. JBTs provide a cognitive measure of optimism and/or …

Handling laboratory animals during test procedures is an important source of stress that may
impair reliability of test responses. Picking up mice by the tail is aversive, stimulating stress …

Handling is a well-known source of stress to laboratory animals and can affect variability of
results and even compromise animal welfare. The conventional tail handling in mice has …

Laboratory animals are subjected to multiple manipulations by scientists or animal care
providers. The stress this causes can have profound effects on animal well-being and can …

Mice are the most commonly used laboratory animal, yet there are limited studies which
investigate the effects of repeated handling on their welfare and scientific outcomes …

Mice are social animals hence group-housing of mice is preferred over individual housing.
However, aggression in group-housed male mice under laboratory housing conditions is a …

Responses to ambiguous and aversive stimuli (eg via tests of judgment bias and measures
of startle amplitude) can indicate mammals' affective states. We hypothesised that such …

Emotional state may influence cognitive processes such as attention and decision-making. A
cognitive judgement bias is the propensity to anticipate either positive or negative …

The present study aimed to provide preliminary data on the prevalence of oral stereotypic,
locomotory stereotypic, and redirected behaviors as well as their associations with stable …