About this episode
Dr. Stephen Peters discusses the neuroscience behind horse behavior and challenges common misconceptions about equine stubbornness.
In this episode, Dr. Peters and I go into what's actually happening in your horse's brain. What if "stubborn" isn't stubborn? What if the horse that stiffens up the second you swing a leg over isn't being difficult, but doing exactly what biology built him to do? I sat down with Dr. Steve Peters, the equine neuroscientist whose research has quietly rewired everything I think about horsemanship. We went deep on the nervous system most horse owners never see: homeostasis, allostasis, pendulatio...
People in this episode
Host: Carson James
Guest: Dr. Stephen Peters
Topics covered
- equine neuroscience
- horsemanship
- animal behavior
- nervous system
- homeostasis
- allostasis
Keywords
- equine neuroscience
- horse behavior
- nervous system
- homeostasis
- allostasis
- horsemanship
- animal behavior
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