An Exploration of Oxytocin in Human-Animal Interactions

This article titled "Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Effects of Human-Animal Interactions: The Possible Role of Oxytocin" written by Andrea Beetz, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Henri Julius, and Kurt Kotrschal is an amazing description of how interaction between humans and animals has affected human health in a multitude of ways. The extensive research done by their team has been beautifully summarized and displayed in charts throughout the article depicting how the brain is affected by HAI (human-animal interaction).

Link to the article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408111/

Beetz A, Uvnäs-Moberg K, Julius H, Kotrschal K. Psychosocial and psychophysiological effects of human-animal interactions: the possible role of oxytocin. Front Psychol. 2012;3:234. Published 2012 Jul 9. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00234