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Increases in therapist-patient physiological synchrony after dog-patient contact in canine-assisted psychotherapy: an exploratory pilot study
Stefanie Suttkus, Andy Schumann, Yubraj Gupta…·Karl‐Jürgen Bär
This study finds that direct patient-dog contact in canine-assisted psychotherapy increases therapist-patient physiological synchrony and autonomic arousal.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.756999