Horses can read human emotions, Sussex research shows
The special bond between human and horses has been well documented; some would say we even share certain expressions. Well, now a new research in the UK's University of Sussex shows horses really can read human emotions.
Using photographs of male human faces, scientists discovered horses can distinguish between angry and happy faces and react accordingly. The horses had a strong reaction to the negative expressions but less so to the positive. For example, their heart rate increased more quickly and they showed more stress-related behaviors whenever they looked at the angry faces.
“What’s really interesting about this research is that it shows horses have the ability to read emotions across the species barrier. We have known for a long time that horses are a socially sophisticated species but this is the first time we have seen that they can distinguish between positive and negative human facial expressions,” said Amy Smith, a doctoral student in the Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research Group at Sussex.
“The reaction to angry facial expressions was particularly clear – there was a quicker increase in their heart rate, and the horses moved their heads to look at the angry faces with their left eye.”
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