{"id":916023,"date":"2026-06-28T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:12:10","slug":"science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science &#038; Nature Scientists found that spending time with cats and dogs can improve owners\u2019 mood, but not through the stress-relieving mechanism they anticipated. Many people turn to their pets after a difficult day, assuming a cuddle with a cat or a walk with a dog will melt away stress&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Frontiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science &#038; Nature Scientists found that spending time with cats and dogs can improve owners\u2019 mood, but not through the stress-relieving mechanism they anticipated. Many people turn to their pets after a difficult day, assuming a cuddle with a cat or a walk with a dog will melt away stress&#8230;Read MoreFrontiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":916024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26318,3421,536],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-debunks","category-science","category-science-nature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}