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When a human and a dog gaze into each other's eyes, both of them release oxytocin — the same hormone released between a human mother and her infant during nursing — and Japanese researchers reported in 2015 that this cross-species chemical feedback loop appears to be unique to dogs and their humans and does not occur in wolves
A 2015 study by Japanese researchers found that when humans and dogs make mutual eye contact, both species release oxytocin, a hormone strongly linked to social bonding. This “positive feedback loop”
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