The way to a man's heart is through his stomach: what about horses?

<h4>Background</h4>How do we bond to one another? While in some species, like humans, physical contact plays a role in the process of attachment, it has been suggested that tactile contact's value may greatly differ according to the species considered. Nevertheless, grooming is ofte...

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Autores principales:	Carol Sankey, Séverine Henry, Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Martine Hausberger
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:54059cc31ef7479781e180d866b86e892021-11-18T07:36:51ZThe way to a man's heart is through his stomach: what about horses?1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0015446https://doaj.org/article/54059cc31ef7479781e180d866b86e892010-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21085576/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>How do we bond to one another? While in some species, like humans, physical contact plays a role in the process of attachment, it has been suggested that tactile contact's value may greatly differ according to the species considered. Nevertheless, grooming is often considered as a pleasurable experience for domestic animals, even though scientific data is lacking. On another hand, food seems to be involved in the creation of most relationships in a variety of species.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In this study, we used the horse training context to test the effects of food versus grooming during repeated human-horse interactions. The results reveal that food certainly holds a key role in the attachment process, while tactile contact was here clearly insufficient for bonding to occur.<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>This study raises important questions on the way tactile contact is perceived, and shows that large inter-species differences are to be expected.Carol SankeySéverine HenryAleksandra Górecka-BruzdaMarie-Annick Richard-YrisMartine HausbergerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 11, p e15446 (2010)
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description	<h4>Background</h4>How do we bond to one another? While in some species, like humans, physical contact plays a role in the process of attachment, it has been suggested that tactile contact's value may greatly differ according to the species considered. Nevertheless, grooming is often considered as a pleasurable experience for domestic animals, even though scientific data is lacking. On another hand, food seems to be involved in the creation of most relationships in a variety of species.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In this study, we used the horse training context to test the effects of food versus grooming during repeated human-horse interactions. The results reveal that food certainly holds a key role in the attachment process, while tactile contact was here clearly insufficient for bonding to occur.<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>This study raises important questions on the way tactile contact is perceived, and shows that large inter-species differences are to be expected.
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title	The way to a man's heart is through his stomach: what about horses?
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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach: what about horses?

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