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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2020

Inside the Interaction: Contact With Familiar Humans Modulates Heart Rate Variability in Horses.

Chiara Scopa, Alberto Greco, Laura Contalbrigo, Elisabetta Fratini, Antonio Lanatà, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Paolo Baragli

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara ScopaItalian National Reference Centre for Animal Assisted Interventions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
Alberto GrecoDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Laura ContalbrigoItalian National Reference Centre for Animal Assisted Interventions, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
Elisabetta FratiniDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Antonio LanatàFeel-Ing s.r.l., Pisa, Italy.
Enzo Pasquale ScilingoDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo BaragliDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie · ITPiaggio (Italy) · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A human-animal relationship can be developed through subsequent interactions, affected by the positive or negative emotional valence of the proceeding one. Horses implement a process of categorization to classify humans with whom they interact as positive, negative, or neutral stimuli by evaluating the kind of approach and the nature of the contact. In these terms, human-animal interactions are emotionally charged events, eliciting specific emotional states in both subjects involved. Although the human-horse relationship has been mainly investigated through behavioral analysis, physiological indicators are needed for a more objective assessment of the emotional responses. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a commonly used autonomic nervous system (ANS) correlate estimating the sympathovagal balance as a psychophysiological marker of emotion regulation in horses. We have assumed that long-term positive relationships with humans may have a positive and immediate impact on the emotional arousal of the horse, detectable,

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autonomic nervous systememotional valenceEquus caballusheartbeat dynamicshuman–animal relationshipinter-specific interaction

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PMID33330706
PMCPMC7734029
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