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Originally Posted by peacegirl
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Originally Posted by Vivisectus
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They said dogs recognize the sound and facial expression of dogs more than that of humans, which would make sense. Dogs often stare at each other and the sound of growling (sound) and baring teeth (sight) would be a warning to back off. This has nothing to do with dogs being able to identify a familiar face through sight alone, without using other cues. |
Yup. But if you actually read the study, you will find they can also do it with humans, though they find it slightly more difficult: they know to match happy human sounds with happy human faces, and angry ones with angry ones, etc.
It used to be generally thought that dogs could not do this. It turn out we seem to have been wrong.
So do they have a word for "happy" that they project? What is going on in terms of your theory?