How Deep is Your Love for Dogs?
Animal researchers said dogs can look at you on the eyes and it is oxytocin which makes them get along with humans. A study conducted in Hungary with the help of Functional MRI (fMRI) discovered the similarity between human and dog brains in processing emotionally-laden sounds. A 2015 research done in Japan also proved that human and dog enjoy the bonding due to the same oxytocin system. Dog owners also commonly found their dogs adorable with affection as people are. Do your dogs show that they love you too? Here to talk with us, Gillian Leahy, Media Arts Professor at UTS and also the Director of her dog’s documentary movie, “Baxter and Me”.