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The human-animal bond: Science explained why we love pets so much

Discover the science behind why we love our pets so much, from brain chemistry to emotional bonds that shape the deep ...
Phys.org

News on human-animal-interaction

If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change. A new study led by an ...

The Everyday Power Of Pets: How Human–Animal Interaction Supports Mental Wellbeing

While this is obvious at home, the connection between pets and wellbeing is becoming more visible in the workplace too. Mars ...
Nature

Human-animal interactions and relations

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 02 Zero hunger, SDG 03 Good health and well-being, SDG 14 Life Below Water, SDG 15 Life on Land and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption & ...
AOL

These Animals Behave So Much Like Humans It’s Unsettling

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line doesn’t always hold. Apes steal territory. Parrots ace memory tests. Bees react ...
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Human-Animal Interactions in the Research Environment: A Workshop

This workshop will set the stage and describe the science on human-animal interactions in the biomedical research setting, consider the full range of people who are involved in animal care and use in ...
Nature

Animal-Computer Interaction and Communication Technologies

Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) is an emerging field dedicated to designing and evaluating technologies that enhance interspecies communication and interactivity. This domain not only focuses on ...
Mongabay

It’s time to update the language of human-wildlife interactions (commentary)

Language shapes the way we view our world. In the field of wildlife conservation, even very subtle word choices drive peoples’ perceptions around individual species or situations. These word choices ...

The inner world of cats and dogs

In a subsequent experiment, they demonstrated that the sex of the pet and the sex of the pet owner make a difference to the ...

Teamwork at Sea: Dolphins Tell Humans When to Cast

For over 140 years, traditional fishers in Laguna, Brazil, have hunted for fish as they work together with local Lahille’s ...

Pet Partners and the Baxter Foundation Expand Therapy Animal Programs to Support 100,000 Patients and Healthcare Workers in Two-Year Pilot

Pet Partners, the nation's leading organization dedicated to improving human health and well-being through therapy animal ...
Psychology Today

Zoosomatics: Moving With Dogs and Other Animals Helps Us All

Source: Marc Bekoff A few weeks ago, ethologist and dog trainer Marco Adda wrote to me about his new ideas of how to move and sense with other animals, a practice he calls zoosomatics. Marco has long ...