Environmental enrichment is the stimulation of the brain by its physical and social surroundings. Brains in richer, more stimulating environments have...

well-being. Enrichment can either be active or passive, depending on whether it requires direct contact between the animal and the enrichment. A variety...

self-administration of morphine. Studies that followed up on the contribution of environmental enrichment to addiction produced mixed results. A replication study found...

French Eurodif enrichment plant, with Iran's holding entitling it to 10% of the enriched uranium output. Countries that had enrichment programs in the...

management Enriched text, a text format for email Behavioral enrichment, in animal care Environmental enrichment, in neuroscience Paradox of enrichment, in ecology...

include rabbits, guinea pigs, Syrian hamsters, mice, rats, and cats. Environmental enrichment has been used in some cases to mitigate certain behaviours that...

exposed to the enriched environment, in comparison to animals in the standard environment. This outcome indicates that environmental enrichment can indeed...

intellectual capacity, the rats who had both forms of enrichment performed best, the ones with social enrichment performed second best, and the ones with a toy...

emotional and social support Sensory enrichment, activities like massage and aromatherapy, pet therapy Environmental enrichment activities like role play, modeling...

by introducing stimuli, a process known as environmental enrichment. The goals of environmental enrichment are to make environments more complex and fluid...

Aviculturists working with parrots have identified the need for environmental enrichment to keep parrots stimulated. Many parrots can imitate human speech...

changes in neurotransmitter activity or altered receptor expression. Environmental enrichment and physical activity have been shown to attenuate withdrawal symptoms...

in larger areas with toys. A 2024 article researches the use of environmental enrichment in lab beagles by adding toys to their cages. Although bred for...

has been no evidence that one is more effective than the other. Environmental enrichment is concerned with how the brain is affected by the stimulation...

hissing, dashing around the house, or climbing the curtains). Environmental enrichment items include: A good-sized cat tree, with scratching posts Toys...

Society of Environmental Ergonomics International Conference on Environmental Enrichment organized by the volunteer organization Shape of Enrichment, Inc....

dogs" (PDF). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. "An Acoustic Play-Fight Signal in Bottlenose Dolphins in Human...

indiscriminate breeding, continuous confinement, lack of human contact and environmental enrichment, poor husbandry, and minimal to no veterinary care." There are...

physical therapy, and a therapy pool to aid recovery. Turtles receive environmental enrichment and naturalistic feeding to build strength and prepare for release...

done by introducing nutrients or environmental conditions that only allow the growth of an organism of interest. Enrichment cultures are used to increase...

of the former bear "pit" exhibit. The Ecodome was awarded the Environmental Enrichment Award by CAZA. Exhibits for the barbary sheep and bison were also...

PMID 15379998. S2CID 23108942. Xu X, Ye L, Ruan Q (March 2009). "Environmental enrichment induces synaptic structural modification after transient focal...

neuropharm.2011.03.010. PMC 3139704. PMID 21459101. Similar to environmental enrichment, studies have found that exercise reduces self-administration and...

surgery, acupuncture, use of pharmaceuticals, operant feeding, and environmental enrichment. However, a study found that the use of pharmaceuticals was expensive...

gastrointestinal health, urinary tract health, weight control and for environmental enrichment. The nutritional needs of the Polish rabbit are similar to those...

neuropharm.2011.03.010. PMC 3139704. PMID 21459101. Similar to environmental enrichment, studies have found that exercise reduces self-administration and...

effects of environmental enrichment on pigs. The title of her dissertation was "Effect of Rearing Environment and Environmental Enrichment on the Behavior...

not diagnosed and treated early. A large amount of attention and environmental enrichment may be required for the highly social species, especially for those...

neuropharm.2011.03.010. PMC 3139704. PMID 21459101. Similar to environmental enrichment, studies have found that exercise reduces self-administration and...

Stereotyped behavior can sometimes be reduced or eliminated by environmental enrichment, including larger and more stimulating enclosures, training, and...