New research published in Current Biology reveals what many dog lovers already knew - Dogs can read faces just like babies. In particular, dogs rely on more than just verbal cues to communicate and anticipate our desires.
Jozsef Topal, a researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and co-author of the study stated, "Dogs are receptive to human communication in a manner that was previously attributed only to humans.
29 canines were included in the study that looked at different aspects of communication. They were shown videos of a woman who first had verbal communication along with eye contact, then verbal communication without eye contact. The results showed that dogs followed the woman's gaze only when she looked directly at them and not when she just had verbal communication without eye contact.
After observing dogs and people closely for many years, I see a connection. Dogs move their eyebrows when they are expressing, and so do people. If you want to read people, pay attention to their eyebrows. It's one of the most important ways for you to read other people.
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