Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11, 3499
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:Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? A Methodological Comment
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Semin, G.R.; Gomes, N.; D’Aniello, B.; Sabiniewicz, A. Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11, 3499. Animals 2022, 12, 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121489
Semin GR, Gomes N, D’Aniello B, Sabiniewicz A. Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11, 3499. Animals. 2022; 12(12):1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121489
Chicago/Turabian StyleSemin, Gün R., Nuno Gomes, Biagio D’Aniello, and Agnieszka Sabiniewicz. 2022. "Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11, 3499" Animals 12, no. 12: 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121489