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Many horses could benefit from opportunities for
generalization. As mentioned earlier, horses in
specific riding disciplines are frequently not allowed
to participate in activities other than what interests
their riders. As a result, they go through mechanical
motions that rarely enhance any cognitive skill.
Evidence of this can be seen in a recent study that
showed that, compared with horses involved in other
disciplines, high-level dressage horses displayed the
lowest level of learning performance in simple
tests.36 It was hypothesized that because these
horses are trained to perform highly sophisticated,
precise behaviors, riders give them minimal freedom;
therefore, they are inhibited from learning to
learn or generalizing.
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