What's Going on Inside Your Dog's Brain When You Smile at Them? Study Reveals How Pups Process Human Happiness
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Brain scans on eight dogs showed that images of smiling human faces activated the caudate nucleus (reward-processing region) and temporal cortex, the same regions that light up when dogs anticipate treats, published Aug. 10 in iScience.
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