Interesting Facts: How Animals Affect Sleep
Research shows that playing with a dog can improve mood, that reading to a pet can help children overcome learning development problems, that pets can reduce their owners' levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, and that owning a pet can improve physical performance.
How animals affect human sleep
Pets can have a positive impact on our overall quality of life and satisfaction.
For many people, having a pet in the home brings joy and improves their mood.
Scientific research shows that owning a pet reduces stress and improves mental health.
In nature, many animals cuddle together while sleeping.
This makes them feel more secure. The beating of a person's heart and breathing have a relaxing and calming effect on the pet, so the place on the owner's chest is perceived as the safest for rest.
Tactile contact with pets promotes the production of serotonin and oxytocin - happiness hormones.
These hormones are responsible for improving mood, improving sleep quality and digestion.
They also regulate sleep-wake cycles and affect memory and mental performance.
