Coping Style Modifies General and Affective Autonomic Reactions of Domestic Pigs in Different Behavioral Contexts

• Published in: Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience Vol. 11; p. 103
• Main Authors: Krause, Annika, Puppe, Birger, Langbein, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 30.05.2017; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: affect; Animals; Arousal; Autonomic nervous system; Behavior; Blood pressure; Brain research; Cardiology; Coping; coping style; domestic pig; Emotions; Escape behavior; Feeding; Food intake; Heart rate; Neuroscience; Physiology; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system; Task forces; telemetry; Vagus nerve; Germany; domestic pig; telemetry; autonomic nervous system; affect; coping style

Based on individual adaptive strategies (coping), animals may react differently to environmental challenges in terms of behavior and physiology according to their emotional perception. Emotional valence as well as arousal may be derived by measuring vagal and sympathetic tone of the autonomic nervou...