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novapsycheSheep like smiles say researchers
Sheep can recognise emotions in facial expression, not only in their species but also in humans, researchers say.
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered sheep prefer smiling or relaxed human faces, over angry or stressed ones.
Neuroscientist Dr Keith Kendrick and his team believe the findings may offer insights into some human conditions.
[...] Scientists presented the sheep with two doors they could push open to gain food. On one would be a picture of a smiling human or a happy sheep, on the other an angry human or a stressed out sheep.
"They vastly preferred to press the smiling human or the animal that has just had a meal and is feeling all right with life," said Dr Kendrick.
Sheep can recognise emotions in facial expression, not only in their species but also in humans, researchers say.
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered sheep prefer smiling or relaxed human faces, over angry or stressed ones.
Neuroscientist Dr Keith Kendrick and his team believe the findings may offer insights into some human conditions.
[...] Scientists presented the sheep with two doors they could push open to gain food. On one would be a picture of a smiling human or a happy sheep, on the other an angry human or a stressed out sheep.
"They vastly preferred to press the smiling human or the animal that has just had a meal and is feeling all right with life," said Dr Kendrick.