Highly emotional people drawn to cats for stress relief programs
New research finds a high level of interest in adding cats to university-based animal assisted interventions aimed at reducing stress.
New research finds a high level of interest in adding cats to university-based animal assisted interventions aimed at reducing stress.
Extension educators share resilience-building tools for kids in WA’s second largest tribe
Wearable devices can detect people’s stress in real-time, opening potential new interventions for people with addictions.
New WSU research finds programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills.
New research finds that parents suppressing feelings of stress around their kids can actually transmit those feelings to the children.
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stress
WSU scientists have shown that Pet Your Stress Away programs have stress-relieving physiological benefits.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Flowers and plants given to the ill may do more than just brighten their day. A study of pain perception at Washington State University has found that plants may help reduce physical discomfort as well. “We found more subjects were willing to keep a hand submerged in ice water for five minutes […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — A world-famous livestock behavior specialist will teach a two-day program July 11-12 in Moses Lake, Wash., for anyone who wants to learn how to reduce animal stress and increase profitability. Washington State University Extension Beef Specialist Donald D. Nelson says the Bud Williams Stockmanship School is for anyone who works with livestock, […]