Rethinking the Three R's in Animal Research (eBook)

Replacement, Reduction, Refinement

Jan Lauwereyns (Autor)

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2018
VIII, 134 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-89300-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This work challenges the current reliance on 'The Three R's' or Replacement, Reduction and Refinement which direct most animal research in the behavioral sciences. The author argues that these principles that were developed in the 1950's to guide the use of animals in research studies are outdated. He suggests that the notions of refinement and reduction are often ill-defined and can be useful only in cases where replacement is impossible. 

Jan Lauwereyns is Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Kyushu University, Japan.

Inhalt

1. Concept Fatigue with the Three Rs 2. A Mismatch between Micromotives and Macrobehavior 3. The Monkey Question 4. If Not Replacement, then Agreement 5. Conclusion 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.4.2018
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 134 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: animal cognition • Animal ethics • Animal Models • Animal welfare • behavioral science • Bioethics • Biomedical ethics • Macrobehavior • Micromotives • Neuroscience • Primate Studies • The Three R's
• ISBN-10: 3-319-89300-9 / 3319893009
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-89300-6 / 9783319893006