Dogs know that smile on your face

Date: February 12, 2015

Source: Cell Press

Summary:

Dogs can tell the difference between happy and angry human faces, according to a new study. The discovery represents the first solid evidence that an animal other than humans can discriminate between emotional expressions in another species, the researchers say.

This is the experimental set-up used to test whether dogs can discriminate emotional expressions of human faces.

Credit: Anjuli Barber, Messerli Research Institute

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