Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter answers your pet-related questions. Oxytocin may offer a clue into the ability for animals to love, and one reader wonders if her friend is crazy for not knowing a cat ...
Whether animals can experience romantic love is unknown. But there is some evidence that they are capable of experiencing the same range of emotions as we can. The brains of many mammals are ...
Why do some people love animals deeply while others remain emotionally distant? Two studies, one from the UK and one from the U.S., suggest it could be due to specific genes that influence our empathy ...
A few months ago, I was asked to write an endorsement for a book edited by Dr. Kristof Dhont (University of Kent, UK) and Dr. Gordon Hodson (Brock University, Canada and Psychology Today writer) ...