A Dog Can Distinguish Between Fear and Sadness on Your Face, Study Says
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Dogs, especially domestic ones, are very good at recognizing human facial expressions, particularly joy, but they can also differentiate between other negative emotions, such as fear and sadness, according to findings from a new study that explored the biology behind this ability. Researchers led by the University of Vienna published the results of two experiments in iScience involving a group of domestic dogs that underwent a series of scans while viewing images of human faces. The results provided, for the first time, evidence that dogs can distinguish between negative facial expressions, such as anger, sadness, and fear. The ability of dogs to pick up on subtle details in faces makes them 'very interesting,' as studying their brains can help us understand what adaptations they have developed to support their remarkable social and emotional understanding of humans,
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