Science, Maths & Technology
The biology of loving our pets
...health. There are also many benefits for our mental health that come from interacting with our pets. In fact, research has shown that individuals with PTSD had a big improvement in their symptoms when they started caring for a dog, partly due to an increase in oxytocin (combined with other psychosocial factors) (Brooks et al., 2018). Oxytocin is now being tested as a...