- Pet-owners are more sensitive to negative emotion in animal distress vocalizations, suggests a new study, which found that dog distress vocalizations, the ‘whine’ or ‘whimper’, were rated as negatively as human baby cries by pet owners. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181555?t=au 3 comments science
- Pet-owning adults were not significantly different from adults with no pets on symptoms of depression, anxiety or on self-reported interpersonal relationship functioning https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181555 10 comments science
- Study finds no evidence to support the 'crazy cat lady' stereotype: cat owners did not differ from others on self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety or their experiences in close relationships https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.181555 14 comments science
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