In a 2026 study, scientists scanned the brains of 12 awake dogs as they viewed human faces showing happiness, anger, fear and sadness, and found specialized ne…

New findings suggest that dogs have developed specialized brain regions for identifying human emotions. Their brain ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Gave Dogs MRIs and Learned That They’re Surprisingly Good at Distinguishing Between Human Emotions, Even Some Negative Ones

A recent study found that man’s best friend processes positive and negative human emotions differently and can distinguish ...