How Well Do We Read Equine Pain - in conversation with Dr Nicola Gregory

In this episode I talk to Dr. Nicola Gregory, a psychologist with a lifelong passion for horses whose research has been asking questions about how well we actually read equine pain.

Nicola holds a BSc in Neuroscience from the University ofSussex (2000) and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Exeter (2011). Following her doctorate, she undertook a post‑doctoral position at the University of Portsmouth since then she has been based at Bournemouth University, progressing from post‑doctoral researcher to lecturer and now Principal Academic in Psychology.

Her research focuses on how humans understand others through non‑verbal cues, particularly facial expressions. Throughout her academic career, she has used eye‑tracking technology to examine how attention is directed within social environments and how we interpret subtle visual information. She is now extending this work into equine research, exploring how humans process cues from horses.

Find Nicola here

https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ngregory

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