A recent study has found that when humans and dogs engage in mutual eye contact or petting, their brain activities synchronize. Researchers used electrodes to measure brain activity in 10 beagles and their human counterparts over five days. They discovered that both eye contact and petting increased synchronization in the frontal and parietal brain regions, with mutual gazing showing the strongest connection.The study revealed that human brains primarily initiated this neural coupling. Additionally, dogs with characteristics similar to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) showed reduced synchronization, but a single dose of LSD improved their neural alignment with humans. These findings suggest that dogs could help study social cognition and potential biomarkers for ASD, offering insights into developing treatments for social deficits.REFERENCE:Ren W. et al. (2024) "Disrupted Human–Dog Interbrain Neural Coupling in Autism-Associated Shank3 Mutant Dog" (Advanced Science)
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