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Horses can smell human fear when we sweat

Horses can smell your fear. If you are experiencing this emotion while standing near a horse, they will be able to detect it through your scent alone, which changes their behavior and physiology. That ...
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New research: Horses can detect human anxiety through sweat

When working with horses, calmness and predictability are crucial. Unsettled situations can lead to dangerous reactions for both animals and people. For this reason, researchers have long been ...
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Horses can smell fear: In experiments where horses smelled sweat from scared humans, they reacted to scary and sudden events with increased fear and reduced human interaction

Funding: This study was granted by ANR Emodour (grant number ANR-23-CE20-0033) and Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Équitation (IFCE, grant number 32001331 Cognition Emotion). PJ was funded by the ...
Purdue University

Running like the wind: Studying asthma in horses helps lead human health insights

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ask a person to picture someone with asthma, and despite famous asthmatic athletes including David Beckham and Emmitt Smith, they’ll likely picture a knobby-kneed kid clutching ...