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Horses can smell fear – and it changes their behaviour, study finds

Horses’ behaviour is influenced by the smell of human fear, reveals new research. Mares and stallions exposed to the scent ...
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Horses can smell your fear, and it makes them afraid too

In A Nutshell Horses detect human fear through scent alone. French researchers exposed horses to cotton pads soaked with ...
Equus Magazine

Study: Smell of human fear can negatively influence equine behavior

A recent French study seems to verify what many old-time horsemen have long believed: that horses can smell fear in humans, ...
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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 ...
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Horses can detect human fear through scent

Horses detect human fear through smell alone and exhibit fearful behavior through emotional contagion mechanism.