Penny L. Bernstein's research while affiliated with Kent State University and other places
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Publications (9)
With so many people owning cats, understanding cat behaviour in the human home is important. Cats are the largest pet population in the USA. In 2011, of 374 million pets in the USA, 86.4 million were cats. In the same year, 78.2 million were dogs (ASPCA, 2012). In 2010 in the USA more than 22 billion dollars were spent on cat food (American Pet Pro...
This is a rebuttal to Fiona Probyn-Rapsey's criticisms of the original furry research conducted in 2006 and published in 2008. Her focus on gender identity disorder misses the main point of the study, which was that it was the first empirical study to collect data scientifically and report findings on the furry fandom, an often misrepresented subcu...
The number of elderly people in the United States is projected to more than double to 80 million by the year 2050, which will likely result in an increased incidence of dementia. Although AAT programs have been instituted as therapeutic activities for residents of long-term care facilities, there is little research documenting their effectiveness,...
Th is study explored the furry identity. Furries are humans interested in anthropomorphic art and cartoons. Some furries have zoomorphic tendencies. Furries often identify with, and/or assume, characteristics of a special/totem species of nonhuman animal. Th is research surveyed both fur-ries (n = 217) and non-furry individuals (n = 29) attending a...
With an estimated 76 million pet cats in the United States and 200 million worldwide, there is an increasing interest in, and need to understand more about, the human- cat relationship. This chapter presents the growing body of research that evaluates this relationship from a variety of perspectives. It considers the history and importance of anima...
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... There are an estimated 77 million cats in the United States (Bernstein, 2005;Robertson, 2008). Despite this, undertreatment of pain occurs in cats due to a lack of species-specific pharmacokinetic data on analgesics, lack of licensed products for cats, and metabolism differences in cats (Robertson, 2008). ...
Reference: Pharmacokinetics of oral tapentadol in cats
... While anthropomorphism can be a valuable tool for understanding other-than-human animals, caution must be taken when using it to interpret other-than-human experiences (Hediger, 2012;Lulka, 2008;Root-Bernstein et al., 2013). Root- Bernstein et al. (2013) recognised a spectrum of anthropomorphism with the stronger forms including cartoon-animals engaging in human-like behaviours, such as reading a book, wearing a suit, or going to school, which can lead to misrepresentation and misunderstanding of other-than-human animal behaviours and emotions. What Root- Bernstein et al. (2013) defined as 'weaker' forms of anthropomorphism recognise similarities, but do not superimpose over-humanised characteristics, which they argue can be a useful tool to promote awareness and empathy for the plight of other-than-human animals. ...
... Cats engage in allogrooming and allorubbing behaviors with other cats to strengthen social bonds. Similarly, they engage in these behaviors with humans [58]. They can also identify the voices of their owners [8], suggesting that they are extremely sensitive to vocal stimuli. ...
... In one example of this, Stanton et al. (2008) found that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that used Aibo instead of other mechanical toy dogs exhibited behaviors commonly found in children without autism more frequently, while reducing autistic behaviors as well. Other studies explored how Aibo could reduce anxiety and pain in hospitalized children (Tanaka et al., 2022a); as in other cases, its purpose has been focused on reducing loneliness and increasing social interaction in patients with dementia (Banks et al., 2008b;Kramer et al., 2009). ...
... Furries experience multiple layers of marginalisation and discrimination. For example, furries have been pathologised (Gerbasi et al. 2008) for their non-normative identification with anthrozoomorphism. Additionally, furries may have non-conforming gender identity and/or sexual orientation, since research suggests that furries may identify as LGBTQIA+ Roberts et al. 2015a). ...
... And this lifestyle for cats may cause some health problems (Buffington, 2002). The behavior of cats is affected by individual variations between cats during socialization with uncommon people in unfamiliar surroundings (Bernstein 2007). Cats usually prefer to communicate with their owners by meowing, rubbing, purring, and wagging their tails to demand food, but they spend the majority of their time post-meal grooming and less time interacting with their owners Cook 1996, Bernstein 2007). ...
