This article is concerned with a particular site of inter-species relationships. Using the lens of liminality, it examines forced separation of older people from their companion animals when they move to a residential or nursing home in the UK. Such residential spaces frequently either exclude companion animals or fail to make adequate provision for them…Continue Reading No Pets Allowed? Companion Animals, Older People and Residential Care
Day: September 5, 2019
Viewing heterospecific facial expressions: an eye-tracking study of human and monkey viewers
Common facial expressions of emotion have distinctive patterns of facial muscle movements that are culturally similar among humans, and perceiving these expressions is associated with stereotypical gaze allocation at local facial regions that are characteristic for each expression, such as eyes in angry faces. It is, however, unclear to what extent this ‘universality’ view can…Continue Reading Viewing heterospecific facial expressions: an eye-tracking study of human and monkey viewers