{"id":28053,"date":"2026-06-27T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/06\/27\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress-3\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:30:11","slug":"science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/06\/27\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress\/\" title=\"Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress\"><\/a>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. But a new study suggests the emotional benefits [&#8230;]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. But a new study suggests the emotional benefits &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/blog\/2026\/06\/27\/science-debunks-a-common-belief-about-pets-and-stress-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycbh.com\/Games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}