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“Emotional transfer and connectedness along with mutual beneficial effects of touching and physical proximity, may represent the backbones sustaining the relationship.”
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The potential of human-animal interactions to increase empathy in children and young people is noted in British study.
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Conscious Horse Conscious Rider Facilitator and Practitioner Armina Bridgeman shares the five most common misconceptions she sees about horses and their owners.
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“Psychophysiological effects of Equine-assisted therapy on horses and in veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)” will explore the efficacy of equine-facilitated psychotherapy (EFP) on humans and horses.
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The children who took part in sessions that involved horses built muscle, burned fat and increased their levels of activity and self-confidence.
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The Equus Foundation supports equine charities nationwide that save and re-home horses and charities that partner with horses to improve the well-being of people.
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“We soon found that these two have a very special talent, we realised they were so empathetic.”
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Horses played a crucial role in the personal and career development of Professor Temple Grandin.
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Rescued traditional gypsy cobs to be rehabilitated and ultimately work as therapy horses at new centre.
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Study team set out to investigate whether such therapy work created negative or positive emotions in horses.
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“Though long alluded to, there is now an accumulation of evidence of the vital contribution that emotion makes to learning,”
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Oliwia Cywińska and her colleagues in Poland examined scientific papers that explored the use of horse therapy for those with cerebral palsy.
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Riding simulators can’t replace the real thing since they cannot induce the same emotional experience, researchers say.
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Those using the mechanical horses made bigger gains in postural coordination than those using conventional therapy.
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Scott Helmer’s “One-Man Rock & Country Music Show” takes the music to the people to raise awareness and funds for equine therapy.
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Patients showed more active social engagement during the animal sessions than during conventional therapy sessions.
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There are certainly other more compelling (dramatic) social issues that are positively affected by equine therapy.
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Popular podcast to feature the work of Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses.
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In comparing the two phases of the study, the therapeutic riding protocol showed greater changes in cortisol levels than did the stress management program.
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The life of eight-year-old Josh, who has Down Syndrome, has been changed, thanks to Berry, 28.
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