Long-Term Pet Ownership Can Protect Against Cognitive Failure, Study Claims

According to researchers, pet ownership can boost brainpower, social companionship, and delay cognitive failure. The research comprised pets such as rabbits, hamsters, birds, fish, and reptiles. ''Interactions with pets lead to a reduction in stress, cortisol levels and blood pressure,'' said the researcher. Notably, owning household pets for five or more years can lead to delayed cognitive failure by 1.2 points, as compared to the people without pets.