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Life experience rather than domestication accounts for dogs’ increased oxytocin release during social contact with humans

Dogs’ increased human-directed sociability compared to wolves may be the result of increased oxytocin system activity and decreased stress responses, but comparative studies accounting for life experience are lacking. We compared hand-raised, pack-living wolves’ and dogs’ behavior and hormone concen...

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Autores principales: Wirobski, Gwendolyn, Range, Friederike, Schaebs, Franka S., Palme, Rupert, Deschner, Tobias, Marshall-Pescini, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93922-1