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Can Humans Discriminate Horse ‘Fear’ Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11, 3499
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We illustrate the problematic nature of different assumptions guiding the examination of
whether humans can detect the source of fear chemosignals (i.e., body odors) emitted by horses—a
research question examined in an article recently published in Animals. A central issue is that the
formulation of the question itself contains the answer to it. In this paper, we parse the problematic
assumptions on which the analysis and methodology rely, leading to conclusions that are difficult to
support. These assumptions constitute examples of methodological problems that should be avoided
in research with animals and odors. The unique aspect of this paper is that it is a collaborative
product, including the original contributor, in the pursuit of transparency in science.
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Semin, G. R., Gomes, N., D’Aniello, B., & Sabiniewicz, A. (2022). Can Humans Discriminate Horse “Fear” Chemosignals from Control Chemosignals? Comment on Sabiniewicz et al. A Preliminary Investigation of Interspecific Chemosensory Communication of Emotions: Can Humans (Homo sapiens) Recognise Fear- and Non-Fear Body Odour from Horses (Equus ferus caballus). Animals 2021, 11 , 3499. Animals (2076-2615), 12(12), 1489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121489
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