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Effects of human-animal interactions on affect and cognition

2020-07-27

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<p>Human-animal interaction has clear positive effects on people's affect and stress. But less is known about how animal interactions influence cognition. We draw parallels between animal interactions and exposure to natural environments, a research area that shows clear improvements in cognitive performance. The aim of this study is to investigate whether interacting with animals similarly enhances cognitive perf...

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Literature Corpus work: efbed1b1-70c0-5cdd-906d-512e8f2b3b13
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/7v5nq

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