Dr. Ben Rein
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 10 Jun
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A lot of it was we were the selection pressure.
Like we saw those dogs with the cute eyes and we're like, that one is the one I want to be in my house with me.
There's real life, modern validations of that.
In dog shelters, they measured how often the dogs used the muscle.
And there was like a strong correlation between
The more they use that muscle, the faster they were adopted.
But then there's other things too.
When dogs look into their owner's eyes or the caregiver's eyes, the dog and the human both show a rise in oxytocin.
And remember I mentioned oxytocin is like this social glue.
And so you feel connected with your dog.
You want to be around your dog.
They also have other things like their eyes water and makes them cuter.
And that seems to be driven by oxytocin.
But that doesn't happen in wolves.
When wolves look into the eyes of their caregiver, even like domesticated wolves, they don't show that oxytocin response.
And so that's what gives lens to this theory that dogs basically like loop themselves into the parent-child bonding mechanism of like just being around your child drives up your oxytocin, social glue.
You want to be near your child.
Evolution has successfully driven you to like be near and protect your child.
And so your child's going to survive.
Not true.
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