Watching a video of a therapy dog for just five minutes can meaningfully lower stress levels, a new study shows, offering a simple, stigma-free option for those reluctant to seek traditional mental ...

Dogs offer unconditional love, acceptance and loyalty, making canines not just popular pets but also the most common animal used in therapy. Therapy dogs can even be effective in virtual interactions, ...

We all know that interacting with a trained therapy dog in person can be very beneficial for reducing stress, but what about a virtual therapy dog? A new study has found that watching a video of a ...

When Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Brian He proposed developing a fully virtual pet, the idea was rejected for lacking innovation. Despite the setback, the Physical Presence Pet team ...

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The less-than-satisfying answer to whether virtual or in-person therapy is best for you is it depends. Though research outcomes indicate that telepsychology (phone and video therapy) and in-person ...

In today’s fast-paced, always-on world, mental health has finally taken its place in the spotlight—and guess who’s stealing the show? Pets. Yes, furry, feathered, and sometimes even scaled companions ...