Equine-assisted services (EASs) are being increasingly used as complementary
interventions for military veterans who have experienced trauma. However, there is limited …

Cortisol, an essential glucocorticoid hormone, is crucial in regulating the stress response
and maintaining physiological and behavioral homeostasis in mammals, including dogs …

Dog-assisted therapy is hypothesized to lower stress in children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) and children with Down syndrome (DS), which may be visible on a …

Wellbeing and effective engagement in reading are critical to successful learning and
achievement throughout school and beyond. Reading to Dogs in schools is an increasingly …

Animal-assisted pedagogy is well known in classroom practice, but scientific evidence of its
impact on teaching and learning conditions is still lacking. At the same time, the biggest …

Children's spatial cognition abilities are a vital part of their learning and cognitive
development, and important for their problem-solving capabilities, the development of …

Introduction: Canine-assisted psychotherapy (CAP) is an emerging field that is largely
unregulated and at times fragmented. Despite this, CAP shows promise as an innovative …

Background Research into the impact of social relationships on childhood and adolescent
health and wellbeing has been largely limited to children's relationships with other humans …

Introduction Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) participated in a
randomized clinical trial comparing animal-assisted intervention (AAI) to psychosocial …

Interest in the field of human-animal interactions is burgeoning, and researchers and
educators are keen to understand the science undergirding research that helps us …