Darlene Kertes πŸ§¬πŸ€±πŸ»πŸ‘ΌπŸΌπŸ’†πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Profile picture
Stress & child development expert @UF where parenting meets the genome and epigenome #science, #parenting, #epigenetics, #ChatStress
Apr 12, 2019 β€’ 9 tweets β€’ 8 min read
In honor of #NationalPetDay this thread shows some of the cool findings on #Children and #pets especially #dogs from our research lab @UF
First up: when kids are in a new stressful situation, having their #Dog with them makes them feel less #stress doi.org/10.1111/sode.1… #Children who call their #Dog over to be petted have lower levels of the #stress sensitive hormone cortisol than children who don't call their dog or children whose dogs hover around them anyway doi.org/10.1111/sode.1…