They have been selectively bred through generations to pay attention to people, and MRI scans show that
dog brains respond to praise from their owners just as strongly as they do to food (and for some dogs, praise is an even more effective incentive than food).
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«It shows that
dogs and humans have similar
brain mechanisms for processing the social meaning of sound,» Andics says, noting that other research has shown that
dogs «
respond to the way we say something rather than to what we say.»
The researchers discovered that in
dogs, 48 % of their auditory
brain regions
respond more strongly to environmental sounds, such as a car engine, than to voices.
The journal Behavioural Processes published the results of the first
brain - imaging study of
dogs responding to biological odors.
Furthermore, monitoring of the reward regions of the
brain revealed that the
dogs responded best when praising words were used in combination with praising intonation.
It also showed how that region of a
dog's
brain responds more strongly to the scents of familiar humans than to the scents of other humans, or even to those of familiar
dogs.
Dogs exhibit the same behavioral characteristics,
respond to the same medication, have a genetic basis to the disorder, and we now know have the same structural
brain abnormalities as people with OCD,» said Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, DACVB, professor of clinical sciences at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.
In addition, monitoring the reward regions of the
brain revealed that the
dogs responded best when they heard praising words spoken with a praising intonation.
After analyzing the MRI imaging of the
dogs»
brain activity as the animals listened to each combination, the researchers found that the
dogs — regardless of intonation —
responded to the words of praise with heightened
brain activity in the left hemisphere in a way similar to humans.
The
brain chemistry of a
dog who
responds to every stranger or novel object as a terrifying threat is fundamentally different from a
dog who accepts these things in stride.
More importantly, understanding the reward and gratification patterns of
dogs will allow us to understand which training methods may
respond more effectively with their
brains.
Dogs have something in their brains that responds purely through the stimulation of hair follicles which is why a good tummy tickle is irresistible to most d
Dogs have something in their
brains that
responds purely through the stimulation of hair follicles which is why a good tummy tickle is irresistible to most
dogsdogs.
For one of Loenser's
dogs, the acupuncturist was able to detect a potential
brain tumor by the way he
responded to the needle placement.
The
brain coordinates how a
dog responds to these circadian rhythms, and a
dog's biological clock — the internal system that controls his everyday activities — allows him to recognize things like sunlight and nightfall and helps him associate certain behaviors, like going outside or eating, with those times of day.