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Animal Emotions and Consciousness: Researchers’ Perceptions, Biases, and Prospects for Future Progress

2023-10-17

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Do animals have emotions? Scientists and philosophers have long struggled with this question, with debates ranging from whether animals experience an “internal world” to whether we are capable of studying it. Recently, theoretical, and methodological advances have rekindled this debate, yet, it is unclear where the scientific consensus on these topics lies today. To address this gap, we administered a survey of pr...

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Literature Corpus work: 0e3c2656-e359-5694-af51-61cf9b3ff3e7
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.12.562087

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