ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Infrared Thermography in the Study of Animals' Emotional Responses: A Critical Review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Body surface temperatures as biomarkers of physiological environmental adaptation in wild birds and mammals.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Pooled it
- Infrared Thermal Imaging (ITI), a Non-invasive Window Into Early Emotion Regulation: A Systematic Review.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship Between Rectal Temperature and Infrared Temperatures of a Goat's External Body Surfaces.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Assessment of the relationship between body surface temperature and behavioral responses in rams using infrared thermography.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Gestural Sequences in Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi).American journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Cows visually discriminate and cross-modally recognise familiar and unfamiliar human faces in videos.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effect of Imaging Distance and Chicken Body Size on Infrared Thermal Camera Accuracy in Body Temperature Measurement.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Nonlinear acoustic phenomena tune the adults' facial thermal response to baby cries with the cry amplitude envelope.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Beyond the Camera Trap: A Systematic Review of Computing Technology Used to Monitor and Interact with (More) Varied Taxa in Zoos and Aquariums.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Contagious Crying Revisited: A Cross-Cultural Investigation Into Infant Emotion Contagion Using Infrared Thermal Imaging.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Association of Environmental Temperature and Relative Humidity with Ocular and Flank Temperatures in Dromedary Camels.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Thermal imaging in biomedical research: a non-invasive technology for animal models.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Impact of musical rhythm on blood, physiological and welfare parameters in stabled horses.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Neurobiology and Anatomy of Facial Expressions in Great Apes: Application of the AnimalFACS and Its Possible Association with the Animal's Affective State.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Approach to Assessing and Promoting Animal Welfare in Collaboration with Universities.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Use of Infrared Thermography and Heart Rate Variability to Evaluate Autonomic Activity in Domestic Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Thermographic Profiles in Livestock Systems under Full Sun and Shaded Pastures during an Extreme Climate Event in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil:Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Finding biomarkers of experience in animals.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Events with Different Emotional Valence Affect the Eye's Lacrimal Caruncle Temperature Changes in Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Pain Assessment in Goat Kids: Focus on Disbudding.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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Abstract
Whether animals have emotions was historically a long-lasting question but, today, nobody disputes that they do. However, how to assess them and how to guarantee animals their welfare have become important research topics in the last 20 years. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a method to record the electromagnetic radiation emitted by bodies. It can indirectly assess sympathetic and parasympathetic activity via the modification of temperature of different body areas, caused by different phenomena such as stress-induced hyperthermia or variation in blood flow. Compared to other emotional activation assessment methods, IRT has the advantage of being noninvasive, allowing use without the risk of influencing animals' behavior or physiological responses. This review describes general principles of IRT functioning, as well as its applications in studies regarding emotional reactions of domestic animals, with a brief section dedicated to the experiments on wildlife; it analyzes potentialities and possible flaws, confronting the results obtained in different taxa, and discusses further opportunities for IRT in studies about animal emotions.
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