If similar tests in larger animals pan out,
humans will be next, says Gerald Shulman, a molecular biologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut whose team discovered this new role for the molecule, called N - acylphosphatidylethanolamine (
NAPE).
Although there has been a limited number of research done, the idea that female dogs who have had puppies will actively try to teach a
human baby how to behave like a dog and in that sense will nip lightly at the
nape of the neck or hands and feet if they do something that is considered «bad behavior».