Comments on: Women prefer cats to men http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2005/02/15/women-prefer-cats-to-men/ A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months... Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:28:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Scott http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2005/02/15/women-prefer-cats-to-men/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Scott Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:51:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philgtest/2005/02/15/women-prefer-cats-to-men/#comment-180 <a></a> Can't blame them. Men experience less stress with their dog than with their spouse. "Allen has also researched the stress-reduction potential of pets. According to her results, presented to the American Psychosomatic Society, people undergoing stressful tasks had reduced heart rates and BP rates when accompanied by their dogs. The numbers went up when both spouse and dog were around, and were highest with spouse present and dog gone." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_9_17/ai_80309800

Can’t blame them. Men experience less stress with their dog than with their spouse.

“Allen has also researched the stress-reduction potential of pets. According to her results, presented to the American Psychosomatic Society, people undergoing stressful tasks had reduced heart rates and BP rates when accompanied by their dogs. The numbers went up when both spouse and dog were around, and were highest with spouse present and dog gone.”

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_9_17/ai_80309800

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