Psychopathy impairs the ability to recognize and respond appropriately to emotional facial expressions, often disrupting empathy and social behavior.

A new study reveals how pleasant touch fosters social bonds between humans and rats by activating oxytocin signaling in the brain.

Pleasant tactile stimulation drives social bonding in many animal species, especially mammals. Tactile stimulation forms the basis of the infant-caregiver relationship and often leads to affinity-like ...

Unlike most pet dogs, service dogs are attracted to strangers, even as puppies.” That quote from canine cognition researchers Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, in an article in The Atlantic, gets to the ...

In animals with social structures, the drive to reproduce is a complex process; governed by the brain, it's influenced by both internal cues such as hormones and external factors such as interactions ...