A recent study on aggression in dogs by University of Arizona professor Evan MacLean and his colleagues called "Endogenous Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Aggression in Domestic Dogs" caught my eye ...

The tendency of dogs to seek contact with their owners is associated with genetic variations in sensitivity for the hormone oxytocin, according to a new study from Linköping University, Sweden ...

Does your dog obey your every command? It might be thanks to the bonding hormone oxytocin.

Researchers found that oxytocin made dogs interested in smiling human faces. It also made them see angry faces as less threatening. Associated with affection and trust, the hormone oxytocin is ...

Animal behaviour experts from Azabu University found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after spending time apart. This could help forge a stronger human-dog connection.

To find out, researchers at several Japanese universities teamed together to study the role of the social hormone oxytocin in the relationship between a dog and its caretaker. Oxytocin is a ...

More oxytocin innovations emerged. In the eons since mammals proliferated on earth, some primate and rodent species independently evolved pair-bonding (that is, sexual and/or social monogamy).

In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, lead author Takefumi Kikusui of Azabu University in Japan and colleagues demonstrated how the love hormone could make dogs teary-eyed ...

In the second experiment, the dogs were given a squirt of oxytocin up their noses before interacting with their owner and two strangers. The female dogs – but not the males – who were given ...

Study finds oxytocin could have made dogs into the perfect companion for humans. — -- Turns out that dogs could have evolved into man's best friend thanks to the "love hormone" oxytocin ...