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Forever an optimist? Investigating the temporal consistency of optimism within and across life phases in ratsOpen Access

Bierbaum L, Mundinger C, Siewert S, Kaiser S, Richter SH

Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed

Details about the publication

Journal: Animal Behaviour
Volume: 229
Article number: 123334
Status: Published
Release year: 2025
Language in which the publication is written: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123334
Keywords: Optimism; Pessimism; Laboratory rats; Within-phase consistency; Across-phase consistency

Authors from the University of Münster

Bierbaum, Louisa
Professorship for behavioral biology and animal welfare (Prof. Richter)
Kaiser, Sylvia
Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology (INVB)
Mundinger, Carolin
Professorship for behavioral biology and animal welfare (Prof. Richter)
Richter, Helene
Professorship for behavioral biology and animal welfare (Prof. Richter)
Siewert, Viktoria
Professorship for behavioral biology and animal welfare (Prof. Richter)