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

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 …

Play has long been identified as a potential welfare indicator because it often disappears
when animals are under fitness challenge and because it is thought to be accompanied by a …

While adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb (OB) and the dentate gyrus (DG) subregion of
the hippocampus have fundamentally different properties, they may have more in common …

Whether animals experience human-like emotions is controversial and of immense societal
concern [1–3]. Because animals cannot provide subjective reports of how they feel …

New neurons continue to be generated in the dentate gyrus throughout life, providing this
region of the hippocampus with exceptional structural plasticity, but the function of this …

The term 'mood'in its scientific usage refers to relatively enduring affective states that arise
when negative or positive experience in one context or time period alters the individual's …

The objective assessment of affective (emotional) state in farm livestock, especially positive
states, poses a significant challenge. In human psychology, there is evidence that affective …

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 …

The formation of new neurons in the adult central nervous system (CNS) has been
recognized as one of the major findings in neuroanatomical research. The hippocampal …