Appraisal process in sheep (Ovis aries):: Interactive effect of suddenness and unfamiliarity on cardiac and behavioral responses
Appraisal process in sheep (Ovis aries):: Interactive effect of suddenness and unfamiliarity on cardiac and behavioral responses
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DOI:
10.1037/0735-7036.120.3.280
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发表时间:
2006-08-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Boissy, Alain
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作者:
Desire, Lara;Veissier, Isabelle;Boissy, Alain
Appraisal theories state that an emotion results from an individual's evaluation of a stimulating event, which is based on a set of criteria. Each criterion triggers specific expressions that can be modulated by the outcome of other criteria. The authors analyzed the effects of the criteria of suddenness, unfamiliarity, and their combination on behavioral and cardiac responses in lambs (Ovis aries). Lambs were exposed to a visual stimulus that appeared either rapidly or slowly and was either unfamiliar or familiar. Suddenness induced a startle response and an increase in heart rate. Unfamiliarity induced an orientation response. The combination of suddenness and unfamiliarity enhanced both the heart rate increase and the behavioral orientation response. These results support the hypotheses of specificity and modulation of emotional expressions.