The “bucket test” has its place but it can give significantly different results than an all-day field test of horses at pasture. That’s especially true for lower-ranking horses, researchers said.
Understanding how individual horses think and reason could help handlers be aware of their individual needs and strengths, researchers say.
An orthopedic surgeon is using clicker training to teach medical students surgical techniques. Learn more about clicker training and how it can help your horse learn, too.
This new cognitive bias test—a way to test an individual’s level of optimism—could help researchers better evaluate equine welfare, researchers said.
Scientists developed a portable testing system which uses infrared technology that can allow them to evaluate horses in their home stables without human intervention.
Researchers demonstrated for the first time that horses use humans’ facial expressions and vocal tones to perceive emotion.
Scientists are continuing to uncover which genes are responsible for certain traits in horses.
Our equine behavior expert offers advice for applying learning theory and treat-training horses under saddle.
More experienced riders held their eyes on a specific point more frequently than less experienced riders, who shifted their vision frequently to look at more things, researchers found.
A new wearable device allows scientists to take electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements from active, moving horses’ brains in real time, which could help us better understand how horses think and react, researchers said.
Przewalski’s horses and domestic horses probably experience the same emotions but likely developed different priorities and, hence, ways of communicating them.
Horses have varying degrees of “distractibility,” and this can significantly affect their attention capacities and, hence, their efficiency in learning, researchers confirmed.
Find out how some simple diet changes might help calm your hyperactive horse.
Horse owners might want to have their mares’ ovaries surgically removed for a variety of reasons, including to prevent pregnancy, get rid of tumors, or, most commonly, resolve behavioral issues.
Salivary cortisol (“stress hormone”) concentrations weren’t associated with scores in dressage and show jumping horses during three national events in Denmark, researchers found.
U.S. Olympic show jumper Kent Farrington discusses horsemanship, training, recognizing each horse’s individuality, his “ponies,” and more.
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