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Dogs Can Smell when We're Stressed, Study Suggests

Summary by Science Daily
The physiological processes associated with an acute psychological stress response produce changes in human breath and sweat that dogs can detect with an accuracy of 93.75%, according to a new study.

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Previous behavioral studies have shown that dogs can distinguish some human facial expressions, but such studies have typically only tested two expressions at a time - one positive and one negative. As a result, it was not clear whether dogs could distinguish between different types of happy and unhappy faces. Recent research has revealed that dogs' brains can do this, according to The Guardian.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Those who have dogs, or usually share with them, have surely realized that they can distinguish between positive and negative human emotions.However, the understanding of dogs towards people could be even broader and consider more specific nuances, says a new research.For the study, published in the iScience magazine by Cell Press in early August, the authors put dogs — awake and unattached — into magnetic resonance scanners.While animals saw im…

·Las Condes, Chile
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Talking to a dog and receiving a head bent to the side as an answer is a common scene for many people. This behavior usually appears when the animal hears a word, a sound or a voice that draws its attention especially. Although there is not a single explanation for all cases, there are several factors that can intervene. They are trying to identify a sound Dogs have a highly developed hearing capacity and can pay special attention to certain sou…

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Researchers at the University of Vienna performed MRI scans on Border Collies to see if their brains respond differently to negative human facial expressions. The answer is yes, but it's complex.

Researchers say that human smiles may have special emotional significance for dogs. The post Dogs have been proven to recognize human emotions first appeared on 24.hu.

·Budapest, Hungary
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La Tercera broke the news in Las Condes, Chile on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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