Your pet understands you! Dogs know how to recognize human emotions – reporting to talk.
Scientists found that dogs like people have special brain regions that process tones of sound and emotion. In stressful cases, the pet and the owner synchronize the heart rhythm. Experts called this phenomenon “emotional infection – – some kind of empathy.
According to researchers, oxytocin plays an important role in this phenomenon. During the experiment, with long visual contact, it was revealed that the pet and the owner increased the level of this hormone, which increases the sense of attachment and affinity.
Studies show that dogs learn to distinguish between facial expressions associated with emotions and odors. So, they are concerned, they feel fear, and on the contrary, they relax when the owner is calm. Evolution adapted dogs’ brain to social interaction, so that pets skillfully caught a person’s emotional state.
In the meantime, researchers found that people regarded the owners of pets more attractive and that they have given choice of scrolling in appointment applications.
Source: People Talk
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