Study confirms dogs can distinguish human emotions like happiness, fear and anger

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New research has found that dogs are capable of telling apart a range of human emotions by reading facial expressions. Their brains show distinct activity patterns when processing different emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness. Happy faces in particular trigger responses in a reward-related brain region, suggesting emotional significance to the animal. Scientists believe this ability evolved over thousands of years of domestication, helping dogs better understand and navigate human social cues. However, researchers caution that recognising these emotions does not mean dogs experience them in the same way humans do.

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