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SUBMITTER: Asher L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134031 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Asher Lucy L Friel Mary M Griffin Kym K Collins Lisa M LM
Biology letters 20161101 11
Cognitive bias has become a popular way to access non-human animal mood, though inconsistent results have been found. In humans, mood and personality interact to determine cognitive bias, but to date, this has not been investigated in non-human animals. Here, we demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, in a non-human animal, the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), that mood and personality interact, impacting on judgement. Pigs with a more proactive personality were more l ...[more]