Childhood and adolescence are important developmental phases which influence health
and well-being across the life span. Social relationships are fundamental to child and …

… Nancy Gee was employed by the funding agency at the time the project was selected and
funded. Nancy Gee played no role in data collection or analysis. The funding sponsors had no …

The purpose of this study was to examine preschoolers' (n = 11) ability to follow instructions
in the presence or absence of a real dog while executing a variety of motor skills tasks. …

In recent decades, typical and pathologic behavioral and mental aging in family dogs has
received increased attention. This article reviews the literature and highlights methodological …

To identify the androgenic potency of commonly used antimicrobials, an in vitro androgen
receptor-mediated transcriptional activity assay was employed to evaluate the androgenic/…

Many xenobiotics have been associated with endocrine effects in a wide range of biological
systems. These associations are usually between small nonsteroid molecules and steroid …

A model concerning the influence of implicitly activated information on cued recall and recognition
is presented. The model assumes that studying a familiar word activates its associates …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the presence of a therapy dog would
affect the performance of a set of gross motor skills tasks for a mixed group of language-…

The field of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) is plagued with mixed results. Some findings
appear to indicate that interacting with a companion animal is beneficial for some aspect of …

Background Despite growing interest in the value of human-animal interactions (HAI) to human
mental and physical health the quality of the evidence on which postulated benefits from …