ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2019
Emotional Transfer in Human-Horse Interaction: New Perspectives on Equine Assisted Interventions.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Equine-assisted services for people living with dementia: a systematic review.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Mutual wellbeing in an equine-assisted intervention: experimental evidence for the two-way hypothesis and the importance of interaction method.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Equine-assisted coaching in formerly incarcerated men with histories of substance abuse: a 12-week exploratory study of anger regulation, quality of life, human-horse synchrony, and equine behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- An overview of the benefits of animal-assisted interventions in medical and therapeutic contexts for human health: cognitive mechanisms, sensory perception and welfare considerations.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Horses and ADHD: the ASTride intervention for cognitive and emotional growth.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Emotional contagion in human-horse interactions: A pilot study investigating the role of stress and body language in emotional transfer.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- The relationship of early life adversity and physiological synchrony within the therapeutic triad in horse-assisted therapy.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025Article
- Social Isolation of Horses vs. Support Provided by a Human.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Cognitive and physiological impacts of psychotherapy incorporating human-equine interactions during substance withdrawal: A scoping review.Journal of equine rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Heart rate variability responses of horses and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to ground-based adaptive horsemanship lessons: a pilot study.Translational animal science · 2025Article
- Psychophysiological effects of equine-facilitated psychotherapy on Veterans with PTSD and their horse partners.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2024Article
- Potential Mechanisms of Action and Outcomes of Equine-Assisted Services for Veterans with a History of Trauma: A Narrative Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Animal-Assisted Interventions and Animal Welfare-An Exploratory Survey in Germany.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The impact on physical performance, pain and psychological wellbeing of chronic low back pain patients during 12-weeks of equine- facilitated therapy intervention.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Integrative Model of Human-Animal Interactions: A One Health-One Welfare Systemic Approach to Studying HAI.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Heterospecific Fear and Avoidance Behaviour in Domestic Horses (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The Effect of Human-Horse Interactions on Equine Behaviour, Physiology, and Welfare: A Scoping Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Animal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the Welfare of Animals during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- An Ethnographic Account of the British Equestrian Virtue of Bravery, and Its Implications for Equine Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Equine assisted interventions (EAIs) include all therapeutic interventions aimed at improving human wellbeing through the involvement of horses. Due to the prominent emotional involvement traditionally characterizing their relation with humans, horses developed sophisticated communicative skills, which fostered their ability to respond to human emotional states. In this review, we hypothesize that the proximate causation of successful interventions could be human-animal mutual coordination, through which the subjects bodily and, most importantly, emotionally come into contact. We propose that detecting emotions of other individuals and developing the capacity to fine-tune one's own emotional states accordingly (emotional transfer mechanism), could represent the key engine triggering the positive effects of EAIs. We provide a comprehensive analysis of horses' socio-emotional competences according to recent literature and we propose a multidisciplinary approach to investigate this inter-specific match. By considering human and horse as a unique coupling system during the interaction, it would be possible to objectively measure the degree of coordination through the analysis of physiological variables of both human and animal. Merging the state of art on human-horse relationship with the application of novel methodologies, could help to improve standardized protocols for animal assisted interventions, with particular regard to the emotional states of subjects involved.
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