Kerstin Meints

University of Lincoln — United Kingdom

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Human-Animal Interaction Studies(28), Language Development and Disorders(16), Child and Animal Learning Development(14), Rabies epidemiology and control(13), Linguistic research and analysis(10)

Publications72 total

Pawsitive Impact: Measuring the Dog Mentor’s Effect in Neurodivergent Students
Behavioral Sciences·2026Open Access
Look, He’s Smiling! Children’s Misinterpretation of Dogs’ Facial Expressions
Anthrozoös·2025
Gesture screening in young infants: Highly sensitive to risk factors for communication delay
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Companion animals and child development outcomes: longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of a UK birth cohort study
BMC Pediatrics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Animal-Assisted Intervention and Professional Practice
2024· 1 cited
Language outcomes from the UK-CDI Project: can risk factors, vocabulary skills and gesture scores in infancy predict later language disorders or concern for language development?
Frontiers in Psychology·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Can dog-assisted and relaxation interventions boost spatial ability in children with and without special educational needs? A longitudinal, randomized controlled trial
Frontiers in Pediatrics·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Can dogs reduce stress levels in school children? effects of dog-assisted interventions on salivary cortisol in children with and without special educational needs using randomized controlled trials
PLoS ONE·2022· 38 citedOpen Access
Best Practice Standards in Animal-Assisted Interventions: How the LEAD Risk Assessment Tool Can Help
Animals·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
The UK communicative development inventories: Words and gestures
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)·2020· 17 cited
The UK Communicative Development Inventories:Words and Gestures - Manual and Norms
Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University)·2020· 3 cited
Regional representation of toddler vocabulary in the UK ? Construction of the UK-CDI words and sentences
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)·2020
Socio-demographic factors associated with pet ownership amongst adolescents from a UK birth cohort
BMC Veterinary Research·2019· 33 citedOpen Access
Early and late gesture learners in a national UK sample
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)·2019
Teaching Children and Parents to Understand Dog Signaling
Frontiers in Veterinary Science·2018· 72 citedOpen Access
Measuring Cortisol in the Classroom with School-Aged Children—A Systematic Review and Recommendations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2018· 18 citedOpen Access
The UK-CDI - Inter-dialect differences in English language CDI datasets
MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)·2018
Children and dogs: risks and effective dog bite prevention
Figshare·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
Animal-Assisted Interventions in the Classroom—A Systematic Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2017· 144 citedOpen Access
Experience-based human perception of facial expressions in Barbary macaques (<i>Macaca sylvanus</i>)
PeerJ·2017· 29 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Victoria Brelsford(11), Nancy R. Gee(9), Paul L. Harris(7), Tiny De Keuster(7), Kim Plunkett(5), Mirena Dimolareva(5), Katie Alcock(5), Caroline F. Rowland(5), Daniel S. Mills(4), Rebecca Purewal(3), Robert Christley(3), Katarzyna Kordas(3), Carol Joinson(3), Carri Westgarth(3), Kun Guo(3), Corinne Syrnyk(3), Laëtitia Maréchal(3), Janine Just(3), Anaïs Racca(2), Karen Pfeffer(2)