Author Correction: Domestic horses (Equus caballus) prefer to approach humans displaying a submissive body posture rather than a dominant body posture.
Abstract: In the original publication, data availability text was incorrectly published. The correct text should read as below.
Publication Date: 2017-12-23 PubMed ID: 29270731PubMed Central: PMC6828476DOI: 10.1007/s10071-017-1154-yGoogle Scholar: Lookup
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This is an article correction notice regarding a research study on the behavior of domestic horses (Equus caballus) towards humans based upon their respective body postures.
Overview of the Research Article
This research article was primarily focused on how domestic horses react to different human body postures. The researchers wanted to investigate and understand if domestic horses show any preference towards submissive or dominant human body postures.
Original Publication and Mistake Highlighted
- The correction notice is pertaining to the original publication of the research, which likely covered the methodology, the observations, and the conclusions based on how the horses reacted to different human body postures.
- However, in the original publication, there was an error in the data availability section. This section generally provides information about where and how the data from the study can be accessed by others in the scientific community. This enables replication of the study, further analysis of data, and leads to further development in the field.
Implication of Incorrect Data Availability Text
- An incorrect text in the data availability section can mislead others and make it challenging to locate and retrieve the data for the study. This can potentially affect further research because if other scientists cannot access the correct data, they cannot verify or build on the study’s findings.
Correction of the Data Availability Text
- The correction notice does not provide a revised version of the data availability text. Without the corrected text, it is unclear what the correct data access details should be or which specific piece of information was incorrect in the original publication.
Cite This Article
APA
Smith AV, Wilson C, McComb K, Proops L.
(2017).
Author Correction: Domestic horses (Equus caballus) prefer to approach humans displaying a submissive body posture rather than a dominant body posture.
Anim Cogn, 21(2), 313.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1154-y Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK. a.v.smith@sussex.ac.uk.
- Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK.
- Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK.
- Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK. leanne.proops@port.ac.uk.
- Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, UK. leanne.proops@port.ac.uk.
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