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The new study notes that animals might high-tail it to areas where there are less people when they can.

She adds that being around animals is “a huge loneliness hack that's really deep.”

Research on both animals and humans shows that slow oscillations improve neural plasticity -- the brain's ability to change and adapt in response to experiences and injury.

Often, animals employ one approach or the other.

"If it's happening in plants, there's every reason to believe it could be happening in animals, too."