All sorts of crazy mechanisms on how dogs mirror/map human emotional states
- the oxytocin-gaze positive feedback loop - eye contact with your dog raises your oxytocin, which leads you to pet/play more, which increases dog’s oxytocin which …
- the reverse for cortisol - dogs can sniff out stress which leads them to get stressed themselves which …
- potentially the coolest - dogs exhibit neural synchrony where their brain rhythms seem to share resonant frequencies with humans, as seen in hyperscanning EEG setups