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Episode 4: Dogs & Emotions

04/22/2018

The domestication and evolution of dogs has resulted in a strong emotional bond with humans through the alteration of both parties’ oxytocin love circuit. Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt and Dr. Albert H. Kim, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, describe how this increase in oxytocin happens.

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