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Why horses are so in tune with human emotion Text: Ryan Tehini, MA Anyone who has spent extended periods of time around horses will agree that they are remarkably astute at reading and responding to human emotions. In fact, in the scientific world, their ability to recognise emotions in people’s voice and facial expressions has been…

BylizzieOctober 28, 20250Comments

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By Kim Dimevski, SA Horse Trails Growing up learning about horses in the typical stable yard environment can give one a fairly limited education. Within these fixed confines we often only know what is taught to us by our instructors, and especially when young we tend to hang onto every word they say. We know what…

BylizzieFebruary 27, 20210Comments

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Horses can ‘see’ human emotions

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n an experiment using photographs of male human faces, scientists from the University of Sussex showed that domestic horses "responded negatively" to angry expressions. The scientists say domestication may have enabled horses to adapt to and interpret human behaviour. The study The team carried out their tests at riding stables - presenting large photographs to a…

BylizzieFebruary 11, 20160Comments

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