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| Title |
The Way to a Man's Heart Is through His Stomach: What about Horses?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0015446 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carol Sankey, Séverine Henry, Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Martine Hausberger |
| Abstract |
How do we bond to one another? While in some species, like humans, physical contact plays a role in the process of attachment, it has been suggested that tactile contact's value may greatly differ according to the species considered. Nevertheless, grooming is often considered as a pleasurable experience for domestic animals, even though scientific data is lacking. On another hand, food seems to be involved in the creation of most relationships in a variety of species. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 21% |
| Researcher | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 41 | 54% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 10 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Psychology | 4 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2023.
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#1,356,164
of 24,710,887 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#17,255
of 213,826 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,564
of 104,286 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#98
of 1,027 outputs
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