Man's Best Friend

CNN ‏@CNN  2h2 hours ago

Dogs can process both what we say and how we say it, a small study suggests http://cnn.it/2cdogdN 

 

Dogs use the left hemisphere of the brain to process words, similar to humans, said Attila Andics, a research fellow at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and lead author of the study.

Meanwhile, the study also suggests that dogs use a right hemisphere brain region to process intonation independently of words, which means they may separate what you say from how you say it.

"It was surprising that dogs, like people, have a clear left hemisphere dominance for processing meaningful words and that they combine word meaning and intonation to arrive at a unified representation of meaning," Andics said.

"What makes dogs special is that they pay attention to human social signals, including speech," he added.