Social buffering: Presence of one animal that attenuates another’s, the stress response of a subject during a stressful event and/or helps the subject to recover more quickly after a stressful event (Ricci-Bonot et al., 2021).
Ricci-Bonot, C., Romero, T., Nicol, C., & Mills, D. (2021). Social buffering in horses is influenced by context but not by the familiarity and habituation of a companion. Scientific Reports, 11, 8862. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88319-z
