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Research Finding: Horse May be Key to Non-invasive Stress Detection

As a psychologist who entered the field due to my fascination with neurology and brain function, I was always quite intrigued by the undeniable "human-horse connection" that I see in the field of therapeutic riding and frustrated by the fact that not much research existed to explain how it works and why it exists. Finally, more and more research is starting to pop up and as it does I want to share it with all of you. To read about how "A horse's heart rhythms reflect their emotional state and can respond to the emotional state of a nearby human," please click on the following link
Dr. Ellen Kaye Gehrke's Research Finding: Horse May be Key to Non-invasive Stress Detection