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Study: Dogs Recognize Human Emotions on Faces

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Do you sometimes think that your dog knows what you are feeling? Now, two different studies have proven that man’s best friend is able to recognize human emotions by looking at faces. Researchers at the University of Mexico trained seven domestic dogs to remain still in an MRI scanner that produces detailed images inside the body. Each dog was shown 50 photos of different people and 50 images of inanimate objects to see how its brain reacted. Brain activity greatly increased when the...

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