SCIENCE: HUMAN & DOG BRAINS SYNC UP, AND DOGS BE TRIPPIN’

A new study, published in the journal Advanced Science, says that when humans and dogs interact, it literally changes the way a pet’s brain works. It turns out that when you stare into your dog’s eyes, it’s syncing up the dog’s brain with yours! (* Whatever that means!!) Researchers used a dual-EEG process to simultaneously measure brain activity in both humans and dogs as they engaged in bonding behaviors like petting and gazing into each other’s eyes. They found that certain regions of the human and dog brains actually fell into sync during these interactions, showing coordinated patterns of activity.
– The researchers also looked at dogs with mutations in a gene strongly linked to autism in humans. These dogs showed disrupted brain synchronization when interacting with humans, mirroring social difficulties seen in human autism. The researchers found that a single dose of the psychedelic drug LSD appeared to restore this impaired brain synchronization in the mutant gene dogs.
* This must be true. Whenever I’m locked into a stare with my dog, my first thought is: food.
* If human and dog brains are synchronized, how come they still destroy the upholstery?
* What kind of sicko looks at a dog and thinks, “What that dog needs is LSD.” Where was this research done, Grateful Dead University?
* Dog on acid goes, “Hey – neon squirrels!”
* Dogs on LSD. Well that explains Irish setters.