Kremer L, Klein Holkenborg S E J, Reimert I, Bolhuis J E, Webb L E
Animal Production Systems Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Adaptation Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 338, 6700AH Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Jun;113:273-286. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.01.028. Epub 2020 Jan 23.
The study of animal emotion, as with its human equivalent, can be confusing due to the complicated and inconsistent use of terminology, and the number of interlinked fields and topics it encompasses. With this review, we aim to provide an up-to-date and, to the best of our knowledge, complete overview of the field of animal emotion, especially intended for new-comers to the field who wish to get a grasp of this field. We start by tackling the terminology and proposing definitions of commonly used terms, and present the different frameworks used for the study of animal emotion. Here, we heavily draw from human literature, as the definitions of animal emotion are derived originally from human research. We follow-up with an overview of current methodologies for the study of animal emotion, in particular the valence dimension of emotion, and include some of the associated limitations linked to these methodologies. We end by pointing out key areas for future research.
与对人类情感的研究一样，对动物情感的研究可能会令人困惑，这是因为术语使用复杂且不一致，以及它所涵盖的相互关联的领域和主题数量众多。通过本次综述，我们旨在提供该领域最新的、据我们所知完整的概述，特别针对那些希望了解该领域的新进入者。我们首先处理术语问题并提出常用术语的定义，然后介绍用于研究动物情感的不同框架。在此，我们大量借鉴人类文献，因为动物情感的定义最初源自人类研究。接下来，我们概述当前研究动物情感的方法，特别是情感的效价维度，并包括与这些方法相关的一些局限性。最后，我们指出未来研究的关键领域。
