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Research published in the scientific journal ‘Hormones and Behaviour’ suggests that the gaze of a pet dog can raise levels of oxytocin in the owner’s brain.

in­ter­ac­tions with dogs, es­pe­cially those in­i­ti­at­ed by the dog’s gaze, can in­crease the uri­nary [ox­y­to­cin] con­centra­t­ions of their own­ers as a man­i­festa­t­ion of at­tach­ment be­hav­ior.”

Read more about how puppydog eyes trigger oxytocin in owners.