Whether and to what extent different animals experience emotions is an interesting and important scientific question. It is also a question that has proven extremely difficult to answer mostly due to the difficulty of defining emotions in the first place.
Comparative studies of psychological processes have mostly focused on cognitive capacities such as short and long-term memory, abstract learning and concept formation, but very little on emotional ones.
"Animal emotion: Descriptive and prescriptive definitions and their
implications for a comparative perspective" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322878846_Animal_emotion_Descriptive_and_prescriptive_definitions_and_their_implications_for_a_comparative_perspective is an excellent article that tries to make a distinction between descriptive and prescriptive definitions of the word “emotion” for use in the context of non-human species.
Yes, animals feel real emotions. For instance cat licking their owners face to express gratitude and happiness, cows have best friends and when they get separated, they produce less milk.
Although they are not emotionally intelligent as human, but they do feel extent of an emotions.
Absolutely! they can grieve too. Loss of appetite is often a sign. Sleeping more. One of my cats heart actually exploded inside of her a couple months after her brother died. Elephants in particular have a larger amygdala than humans and therefore experience immense stress and pain when they are mistreated.
Whether and to what extent different animals experience emotions is an interesting and important scientific question. It is also a question that has proven extremely difficult to answer mostly due to the difficulty of defining emotions in the first place.
Comparative studies of psychological processes have mostly focused on cognitive capacities such as short and long-term memory, abstract learning and concept formation, but very little on emotional ones.
"Animal emotion: Descriptive and prescriptive definitions and their
implications for a comparative perspective" - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322878846_Animal_emotion_Descriptive_and_prescriptive_definitions_and_their_implications_for_a_comparative_perspective is an excellent article that tries to make a distinction between descriptive and prescriptive definitions of the word “emotion” for use in the context of non-human species.
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Yes, animals feel real emotions. For instance cat licking their owners face to express gratitude and happiness, cows have best friends and when they get separated, they produce less milk.
Although they are not emotionally intelligent as human, but they do feel extent of an emotions.
Absolutely! they can grieve too. Loss of appetite is often a sign. Sleeping more. One of my cats heart actually exploded inside of her a couple months after her brother died. Elephants in particular have a larger amygdala than humans and therefore experience immense stress and pain when they are mistreated.