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Eye Contact Secures Dogs' Place in Human Heart (2 of 6)

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Eye Contact Secures Dogs' Place in Human Heart (2 of 6)

image: Jasmine, a Standard Poodle, staring at a student. Her gazing behavior significantly increased along with her owner's urinary oxytocin after administered oxytocin. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 17, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Nagasawa at Azabu University in Sagamihara, Japan, and colleagues was titled, 'Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds.' view more 

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