Dogs blink more when watching humans blink, especially their own owners
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A study published in Royal Society Open Science found that 35 dogs shown video clips blinked more frequently while watching people who were blinking, with the strongest response occurring when watching their own owners rather than unfamiliar people.
The dogs blinked more overall while watching blinking humans, but only 57.3 percent blinked within 1.5 seconds of a human blink—not statistically different from chance—so they were not synchronizing blinks intentionally. The study used prerecorded videos; live interaction may differ.
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