Most Humans Can Innately Understand Chicken Emotions
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Most Humans Can , Innately Understand , Chicken Emotions.
According to a recent study, most humans
have the innate ability to understand
emotions expressed by chickens.
'Newsweek' reports that a team of researchers
in Australia has found that seven out of ten humans
can interpret whether chickens are happy or not
just by hearing the sounds the animals make.
The team's findings were published
in the 'Royal Society of Open Science.'.
194 participants listened to eight calls
when chickens anticipated a reward
and eight calls when they didn't. .
The participants were then asked
whether they thought the chicken was
expressing displeasure or excitement.
The team found that 69% of participants
were able to correctly determine the chicken's
mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".
The team found that 69% of participants
were able to correctly determine the chicken's
mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".
Our study strengthens
evidence that humans perceive
emotions across different taxa,
and that specific acoustic cues may
embody a homologous signaling
system among vertebrates, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
Importantly, humans could
identify reward-related calls,
and this ability could enhance
the management of farmed
chickens to improve their welfare, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
The findings provide confidence that farmers raising chickens can identify the emotional state of
the birds even without previous experience.
Being able to decipher the
emotional state in an alarm call
helps receivers to determine
the severity of the threat and
is particularly advantageous
in dangerous situations. , Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
In future research, reward and
non-reward related vocalizations
could be considered reliable 'markers'
of internal states, allowing for the
development of automated assessments
of compromised or good welfare states
within poultry management systems, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'
According to a recent study, most humans
have the innate ability to understand
emotions expressed by chickens.
'Newsweek' reports that a team of researchers
in Australia has found that seven out of ten humans
can interpret whether chickens are happy or not
just by hearing the sounds the animals make.
The team's findings were published
in the 'Royal Society of Open Science.'.
194 participants listened to eight calls
when chickens anticipated a reward
and eight calls when they didn't. .
The participants were then asked
whether they thought the chicken was
expressing displeasure or excitement.
The team found that 69% of participants
were able to correctly determine the chicken's
mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".
The team found that 69% of participants
were able to correctly determine the chicken's
mood based on just the sound of their "cluck.".
Our study strengthens
evidence that humans perceive
emotions across different taxa,
and that specific acoustic cues may
embody a homologous signaling
system among vertebrates, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
Importantly, humans could
identify reward-related calls,
and this ability could enhance
the management of farmed
chickens to improve their welfare, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
The findings provide confidence that farmers raising chickens can identify the emotional state of
the birds even without previous experience.
Being able to decipher the
emotional state in an alarm call
helps receivers to determine
the severity of the threat and
is particularly advantageous
in dangerous situations. , Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'.
In future research, reward and
non-reward related vocalizations
could be considered reliable 'markers'
of internal states, allowing for the
development of automated assessments
of compromised or good welfare states
within poultry management systems, Via study published in 'Royal Society of Open Science'