The Happy Athlete From a Psychology Perspective Dr.Antonia Henderson - Apr 2017
All Discussion, Concepts, Simulations
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1h 6m
Antonia Henderson, Ph.D, joins Karen to discuss how stress effects horses from a scientific point of view. She talks about Learned Helplessness, the importance of the Seeking Reflex, and how traditional ways of keeping horses is not so healthy to the horse! This originally was meant to be 2 videos, but the recording of the web camera did not work. Luckily the audio was safe! I apologize that the video is not so interesting, but the content will more than make up for it. (Discussion 66 min)
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