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Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 10, 20232 min read
Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Q+A of the day: Exercise timing.
Q: When is the best time to do the mobility exercises? before or after a ride? A: As most of the prescribed exercises are to take the...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Mar 17, 20231 min read
The bias of us, trainers.
The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Sep 26, 20221 min read
Directional predominance - forelimbs.
Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Stimulus will be followed by a response, we can define what that is.
The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental & physical load) will...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Jun 8, 20222 min read
A sense of agency.
Agency is to have a physiological & cognitive sense of predictability & control over ones experience. This can be developed extrinsically...
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Nancy Ellison-Murray
Jun 1, 20221 min read
The meaning behind the whinny
Dr. Katrina Merkies, researcher and associate professor at the University of Guelph, and her master student Haley Belliveau haver...
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