When Dogs and Humans Connect, So Do Their Brainwaves - Neuroscience News
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When Dogs and Humans Connect, So Do Their Brainwaves - Neuroscience News
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In a pivotal study from 2010, Guillaume Dumas, assistant professor of computational psychiatry at the University of Montreal, showed that the brains of human participants mirrored each other on a neurological level when engaging in activities together, such as making funny, meaningless gestures with their hands while watching each other.
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