Dogs can do amazing things ... Your pets have a larger effect on your body and brain than you might think. They have the ability to increase levels of oxytocin in the brain, bringing you a ...
By peering into a dog’s brain, researchers are able to see how it reacts to stimuli like hand signals, sounds, and smells. Activity in the reward center can show whether dogs prefer human ...
And while the canine brain is a tenth the size of ours, the effortful control of behavior is accomplished much the same way—in the same part of the brain and through a similar biological mechanism.
They came to this conclusion after conducting an experiment with 13 pet dogs. The scientists recorded their brain electrical activity while they were asleep, in order to analyse the variations ...