The Positive Influence of Animals

Barba, Beth E.

doi:10.1097/00002800-199507000-00005

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“…Touch is an important mediating effect in AAT, with physical engagement between a human and an animal cited as a mechanism through which positive effects of that interaction are had [31]. While such reported positive effects of physical engagement with an animal via touching behaviours are often anecdotal, or minimally explored in a controlled setting, it remains a canon within AAT that the act of stroking an animal improves patients' feelings of self-esteem and helps patients confined to clinical settings to feel calmer [32].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Touch is an important mediating effect in AAT, with physical engagement between a human and an animal cited as a mechanism through which positive effects of that interaction are had [31]. While such reported positive effects of physical engagement with an animal via touching behaviours are human-human attachments human-human bonds/interactions human-robot interactions human-animal bonds/interactions human-object bonds/interactions Figure 1.…”

Section: (A) Comparing Animal-assisted Therapy With Biomimetic Robot Interactionsmentioning

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Drawing parallels in human–other interactions: a trans-disciplinary approach to developing human–robot interaction methodologies

Collins

2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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This opinion paper discusses how human–robot interaction (HRI) methodologies can be robustly developed by drawing on insights from fields outside of HRI that explore human–other interactions. The paper presents a framework that draws parallels between HRIs, and human–human, human–animal and human–object interaction literature, by considering the morphology and use of a robot to aid the development of robust HRI methodologies. The paper then briefly presents some novel empirical work as proof of concept to exemplify how the framework can help researchers define the mechanism of effect taking place within specific HRIs. The empirical work draws on known mechanisms of effect in animal-assisted therapy, and behavioural observations of touch patterns and their relation to individual differences in caring and attachment styles, and details how this trans-disciplinary approach to HRI methodology development was used to explore how an interaction with an animal-like robot was impacting a user. In doing so, this opinion piece outlines how useful objective, psychological measures of social cognition can be for deepening our understanding of HRI, and developing richer HRI methodologies, which take us away from questions that simply ask ‘Is this a good robot?’, and closer towards questions that ask ‘What mechanism of effect is occurring here, through which effective HRI is being performed?’ This paper further proposes that in using trans-disciplinary methodologies, experimental HRI can also be used to study human social cognition in and of itself. This article is part of the theme issue ‘From social brains to social robots: applying neurocognitive insights to human–robot interaction’.

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Section: Applying the Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Touch is an important mediating effect in AAT, with physical engagement between a human and an animal cited as a mechanism through which positive effects of that interaction are had [31]. While such reported positive effects of physical engagement with an animal via touching behaviours are human-human attachments human-human bonds/interactions human-robot interactions human-animal bonds/interactions human-object bonds/interactions Figure 1.…”

Section: (A) Comparing Animal-assisted Therapy With Biomimetic Robot Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drawing parallels in human–other interactions: a trans-disciplinary approach to developing human–robot interaction methodologies

Collins

2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…As for humans, in all mammal species the developmental phase is based on reliability in caregivers, whose nurturing behavior contributes to resilience in facing adversities later in life [45]. Even owners' relationship with their pets can be described as parallel to the parental/child relationship [46]: The caregiver's role in fact fulfills the people' intrinsic desire to protect and, on the other hand, pets depend on caregivers for care and protection. This represents a strong component of the human-animal relationship.…”

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Emotional Transfer in Human–Horse Interaction: New Perspectives on Equine Assisted Interventions

Scopa

Contalbrigo

Greco

et al. 2019

Animals

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Equine assisted interventions (EAIs) include all therapeutic interventions aimed at improving human wellbeing through the involvement of horses. Due to the prominent emotional involvement traditionally characterizing their relation with humans, horses developed sophisticated communicative skills, which fostered their ability to respond to human emotional states. In this review, we hypothesize that the proximate causation of successful interventions could be human–animal mutual coordination, through which the subjects bodily and, most importantly, emotionally come into contact. We propose that detecting emotions of other individuals and developing the capacity to fine-tune one’s own emotional states accordingly (emotional transfer mechanism), could represent the key engine triggering the positive effects of EAIs. We provide a comprehensive analysis of horses’ socio-emotional competences according to recent literature and we propose a multidisciplinary approach to investigate this inter-specific match. By considering human and horse as a unique coupling system during the interaction, it would be possible to objectively measure the degree of coordination through the analysis of physiological variables of both human and animal. Merging the state of art on human–horse relationship with the application of novel methodologies, could help to improve standardized protocols for animal assisted interventions, with particular regard to the emotional states of subjects involved.

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“…This is supported by literature. [18] During the psychiatric unit rotation, dog-student nurse pair were able to accompany several patients to the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) suite. The nurses and doctors were all very interested in the dog's role, and were excited to relay that she was the first dog to attend ECT.…”

Section: Benefits Of a Nurse Dog Pairmentioning

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Prim-ly adding care: Case report of a student nurse/service dog team

Hudson

Medefind

Reinholdt

et al. 2017

JNEP

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Traditionally, a therapy dog has been a complimentary tool used by healthcare providers to provide stress relief to patients. However, animals can perform functions at an even greater capacity. Service animals are becoming a part of the healthcare team, by providing unique assistance to the healthcare providers rather than the patients. Thus, the workforce has expanded to include service dogs as a part of the healthcare team. This article discusses the unique challenges and opportunities provided by the use of service animal as a part of the healthcare team, as provided by the piloted use of a service animal with a student nurse in an acute care facility.

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The Positive Influence of Animals

Cited by 54 publications

References 10 publications

Drawing parallels in human–other interactions: a trans-disciplinary approach to developing human–robot interaction methodologies

Drawing parallels in human–other interactions: a trans-disciplinary approach to developing human–robot interaction methodologies

Emotional Transfer in Human–Horse Interaction: New Perspectives on Equine Assisted Interventions

Prim-ly adding care: Case report of a student nurse/service dog team

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