Owning a pet, particularly five years or longer, may help keep individuals sharper as they age, according to a new preliminary study.
"Prior studies have suggested that the human-animal bond may have health benefits like decreasing blood pressure and stress," Dr. Tiffany Braley, a study author from the University of Michigan Medical Center and a member of the American Academy of Neurology,. "Our results suggest pet ownership may also be protective against cognitive decline."
The study authors from the University of Michigan Medical Center and the University of Florida then used the participants' composite cognitive scores and estimated the associations between years of pet ownership and their cognitive function.Researchers from the Michigan Medicine's Sleep Disorders Center made the discovery.
"As stress can negatively affect cognitive function, the potential stress-buffering effects of pet ownership could provide a plausible reason for our findings," Braley said.
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