PeerJ

Dog ownership and healthy brain aging: a pilot study

By Katie Potter, Douglas N. Martini, Colleen J. Sands, Ryan S. Falck, Rajakumar Nagarajan

Cross-sectional study of 25 peoplePopulations

7 days

The paper

Katie Potter, Douglas N. Martini, Colleen J. Sands, Ryan S. Falck, Rajakumar Nagarajan

University of Massachusetts Amherst

PeerJ, 31 Jul 2026

doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21560 PubMed 42549273

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