Alan McElligott’s research on optimistic goats has been featured in the Guardian’s piece on Do animals have emotions?
To read the full article, including Alan’s opinions on studying animal emotions, go to the Guardian website.
You can also watch Alan discussing happy goats in this video (from 0:59 onwards):
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If you are interested in working alongside Alan as a postgraduate research student please view our current PhD opportunities.
Alan McElligott also teaches on modules for our undergraduate psychology programme.