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NEW RESEARCH HAS shown that dogs understand more than we might of thought from the way that we speak to them.
While it is unclear how much they take on board in terms of processing specific meaning, the new study shows that they are able to interpret a range of information about the person speaking to them.
Previous studies has shown that dogs have hemispheric biases in their brains. This was discovered when examining how dogs reacted to other dogs barking.
This new research aimed to build on this and look at how the animals respond to human interaction.
Two hemispheres
The new study found that dogs reacted differently depending on the different sounds that they heard. Each hemisphere was found to be better at interpreting certain elements in sound being emitted.
If either the right or left hemisphere of the brain was better at interpreting a certain sound, than it would be heard through the opposite ear.
In the experiment, conditions were controlled by the sound being played on either side of the dog at the same volume.
When a dog heard a command they were familiar with, they turned to their right, showing that the sound was best interpreted in the left-hand side of the brain.
If a speakers intonation was particularly exaggerated it was found that the dog was more inclined to turn to turn to its right.
The research, which was conducted by scientists at the University of Sussex, shows that the time you spend talking to your canines isn’t in vain. Speaking about the findings, author of the study Professor Victoria Radcliffe, said:
Although we cannot say how much or in what way dogs understand information in speech from our study, we can say that dogs react to both verbal and speaker-related information and that these components appear to be processed in different areas of the dog’s brain.
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Don’t agree. The future may be in better hands with young people like these. They have at least taken some action.
Fair play to them!
He became an activist after watching 1 film twice in 1 day?
does that make me an avenger then?
I watched Debbie does Dallas 3 times in one day…
What is going to happen to me? :(
You’re gonna go blind Tal :)
Fools
at least they’re standing up for what they believe in and want to make the world a better place. It beats being silent or just moaning about.
Wonder who is providing the funding for this little venture. There’s more to this than meets the eye.
Activist’s strike again! The culture has gone mad!
Refreshing to see young people putting their energies into something positive even if it turns out to be a fruitless endeavour. They should be encouraged and applauded.
Climate change/Global warming is one of the biggest scams in the world. Its just another excuse for the elite to tax the life out of us now and for years to come. This is a pathetic story. How about exposing the hoax instead!
Would agree to a certain extent- I wouldnt say its the elite taxing the life out of us though. Its just another excuse for governments to earn tax!
I read an article recently saying that in the 1960′s there was 1,800 weather stations in the USA, By 1990 there was only 1,000, now its something like 700. The shut all the ones in hard to service areas, ie in the mountains etc, where it is colder. This is not factored in when comparing temperature avergages from the 1960′s or 1990′s to today. This may only be in the U.S that this has happened but alot of the global warming brigade use American figures…
Well thats a relief, can you show me where you heard this? I’d like some proof before I ignite an oil well In celebration.
oh dear god!
we are on the eve of destruction..anything that buys us a few more minutes is worth it
Omg this must be a late April fools joke!
Ever heard of the greenhouse effect??? More carbon in the atmosphere = warmer atmosphere
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