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Maca Gonzalez Cazon
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Miles de preguntas en una sola cabeza. Menos mal.
Katılım Temmuz 2010
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Most people see this and think “dogs are good for you.”
The actual mechanism is more interesting.
Three minutes of petting your dog triggers oxytocin release in both you and the animal. Your cortisol drops. Your heart rate decreases within an hour. This happens every single day you own a dog. Twice a day, three times a day.
The loop: physical touch → oxytocin release → HPA axis downregulation → lower cortisol → reduced neuroinflammation → preserved brain volume.
The study everyone’s referencing had only 95 participants, which is small. But it replicates. A longitudinal European study tracking adults 50+ over 18 years found pet ownership associated with slower decline in executive function and episodic memory. Baltimore Longitudinal Study data showed the same pattern across multiple cognitive tests.
Why dogs specifically? Cats showed similar effects. Fish and birds didn’t. The difference is tactile interaction frequency. Dogs demand contact. They interrupt your doom scrolling. They force you outside. Dog owners in the research showed higher physical activity levels, lower BMI, and lower incidence of hypertension.
The brain age gap in this chart isn’t about dogs being magical. It’s about dogs being a delivery mechanism for consistent nervous system regulation that most people fail to achieve on their own.
Human connection does the same thing. Most people just don’t have a human who wants to cuddle them twice a day and force them on walks.
Siim Land@siimland
Pet owners have ~15 years younger predicted brain age than non-pet owners Pet ownership, especially dogs, is robustly associated with better cognitive and structural brain health, especially in older adults. Study: PMID: 36337704
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Esto que bien dice De Caro, llevado al paroxismo 👇
Maticrisis@maticrisis
Mi problema con LuzuTv y afines radica en que yo cuando llevo a mi sobrina con sus amigas de 13 años a merendar y escucho sus conversaciones son las mismas que aparecen en los clips de Luzu y demás, conversaciones normales para nenas de 13 pero no para huevones de casi 40 años
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So many favorite moments but this particular scene healed a part of me
Film Updates@FilmUpdates
9 years ago, ‘FLEABAG’ premiered. Tell us your favorite moment from the series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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@SilviTheTeacher @psbhf Si se llama Siesta y para mí no puede ser más perfecta pero soy CERO objetiva jajaja
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Conferencia de prensa de @aRGra_: "El arma que hirió al fotógrafo Pablo Grillo estaba prohibida hasta la implementación del protocolo antipiquetes. Represiones como la de ayer son decididas de antemano. No son una respuesta a la movilización, sino una política de gobierno".

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