The Foundations of Veterinary Psychiatry
摘要
This chapter discusses and defines the concepts that make up the foundation of this work. The first section discusses how behaviors can be defined in veterinary psychiatry and what factors can influence them. The second section deals with the neurophysiological aspect of behaviors by defining the general concepts of emotions, mood, cognition, and the notions of temperament and personality. The last section presents the particularities of communication and cognition in the canine species.