TURNS OUT , DOGS CAN UNDERSTANDS WHAT’S WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE . A NEW RESEARCH CLAIMS THAT DOGS USED DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS TO PROCESS NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS CUED BY HUMAN FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.FOR EXAMPLE ,IF A DOG TURNS ITS HEAD TO LEFT IT COULD BE PICKING UP THAT SOMEONE IS ANGRY , FARE-FULL OR HAPPY .
IF THERE IS A LOOK OF SURPRISE ON A PERSON’S FACE , DOGS TEND TO TURN THEIR HEAD TO THE RIGHT. THE HEART RATES OF DOGS ALSO GO UP WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A BAD DAY, SAID RESEARCHES MARCELLO SINISCALCHI,SERENELLA D’INGEO AND ANGELO QUARANTA.
THE STUDY IS THE LATEST TO REVEAL JUST HOW TO CONNECTED DOGS ARE WITH PEOPLE. THE RESEARCH ALSO PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT DOGS USE DIFFERENT PART OF THEIR BRAIN TO PROCESS HUMAN EMOTION.
DOGS HAVE DEVELOPED SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT ENABLE THEM TO INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH PEOPLE. RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE CUES CONTAINED IN A PERSON’S VOICE,BODY ODOR AND POSTURE,AND READ THERE FACE.
AUTHOR WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY PRESENTED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SAME TWO ADULTS’ FACES (A MAN AND WOMAN)TO 26 DOGS .THE IMAGE WERE PLACE TO THE SIDE OF ANIMALS’LINE OF SIGHT AND THE PHOTOS SHOWS A HUMAN EXPRESSION ONE OF THE SIX BASIC HUMAN EXPRESSION –ANGER , FEAR , HAPPINESS , SURPRISE , DISGUST OR BEING NEUTRAL.
THE DOG SHOWED GREATER RESPONSE AND CARDIAC ACTIVITY WHEN SHOWN PHOTOGRAPH THAT EXPRESSED AROUSING EMOTIONAL STATUS SUCH AS ANGER , FEAR , AND HAPPINESS . THEY ALSO TOOK LONGER TO RESUME FEEDING AFTER SEEING THIS IMAGES.THE DOGS INCREASED HEART RATE INDICATED THAT IN THESE CASES THEY EXPERIENCED HIGHER LEVEL OF STRESS.
COMMENT YOUR GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR DOG .
