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Pigs’ brain responses to stroking after long-term positive human interactions: An fMRI exploratory study

2025-08-25

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Positive interactions with humans can induce pleasurable experiences in animals, but their underlying neurobiology mechanisms are unknown. We investigated the brain responses (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to stroking by a human in 20 pigs under general anaesthesia. Ten pigs received positive human contacts over 9 weeks post-weaning (POS) and 10 pigs did not (CTL). Images from CTL pigs showed peaks of act...

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Literature Corpus work: dc80aed2-4b5d-598c-a50f-dedb72013cfd
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.21.671579

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