Petting Your Dog May Help Your Body Handle the Next Stressful Situation Better
Physical contact with a dog during recovery helped 64 owners show calmer brain and heart responses before a second stress test, researchers said.
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Why Petting Your Dog After a Stressful Experience Could Help You Later
After a really hard day, spending time with your dog can make just about everything feel a little less irritating. There’s something about sitting on the couch and scratching their soft ears that makes dealing with the rest of humanity seem slightly more tolerable. Researchers at Austria’s University of Innsbruck wanted to see what happens […]
Petting your dog may help your body handle the next stressful situation better
Coming home to a four-legged furry friend wagging their tail can ease the stress accumulated throughout the day. Since time immemorial, humans have found comfort in petting their dogs. A large body of research acknowledges the well-being benefits of pet ownership, but the mechanisms that drive those benefits remain murky.
New study suggests touch is a key ingredient in dogs' stress-buffering power
Petting a dog after a stressful task didn’t speed recovery, but in a new experiment it was followed by calmer brain and heart responses when dog owners faced a second stress test soon after.
Scientists have investigated why interacting with a dog helps us cope with stress – the secret lies in contact with its fur.
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