Eye Contact Secures Dogs' Place in Human Heart

The animation below discusses research by Nagasawa et al, which uncovers a neural feedback loop between people and their canine pets, a bonding mechanism that has strengthened the human/canine relationship for millennia.

This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 17, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS.

The paper, by M. Nagasawa, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan, and colleagues is titled, "Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds."


[Source: AAAS/Carla Schaffer]