Why Does Pet Therapy Work? (It's Not Just Cute Dogs)

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Many studies have shown that pets can relieve anxiety, stress, and provide comfort, but why pet therapy is effective has a lot more to do with us than our furry pals. Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, سلطا الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- REFERENCES http://dogtime.com/trending/16765-puppy-room-to-help-stressed-out-college-students https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23430707 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/pet-therapy/art-20046342 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/animals-dogs-therapy-health-pets/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/03/09/146583986/pet-therapy-how-animals-and-humans-heal-each-other http://old.iss.it/publ/anna/2011/4/474384.pdf https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/439129 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1061580031000091582 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192075 http://time.com/47https://w

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