When
we listen to someone talking, we hear some sounds that combine to make
words and other sounds that convey such things as the speaker’s emotions
and gender. The left hemisphere of our brain manages the first task,
while the right hemisphere specializes in the second. Dogs also have
this kind of hemispheric bias when listening to the sounds of other
dogs. But do they have it with human sounds? To find out, two scientists
had dogs sit facing two speakers. The researchers then played a
recorded short sentence—“Come on, then”—and watched which way the dogs
turned. When the animals heard recordings in which individual words were
strongly emphasized, they turned to the right—indicating that their
left hemispheres were engaged. But when they listened to recordings that
had exaggerated intonations, they turned to the left—a sign that the
right hemisphere was responding. Thus, dogs seem to process the elements of speech very similarly to the way humans do, the scientists report online today in Current Biology.
According to the researchers, the findings support the idea that our
canine pals are indeed paying close attention not only to who we are and
how we say things, but also to what we say.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Pets and Afterlife: Dogs really do listen to us
When
we listen to someone talking, we hear some sounds that combine to make
words and other sounds that convey such things as the speaker’s emotions
and gender. The left hemisphere of our brain manages the first task,
while the right hemisphere specializes in the second. Dogs also have
this kind of hemispheric bias when listening to the sounds of other
dogs. But do they have it with human sounds? To find out, two scientists
had dogs sit facing two speakers. The researchers then played a
recorded short sentence—“Come on, then”—and watched which way the dogs
turned. When the animals heard recordings in which individual words were
strongly emphasized, they turned to the right—indicating that their
left hemispheres were engaged. But when they listened to recordings that
had exaggerated intonations, they turned to the left—a sign that the
right hemisphere was responding. Thus, dogs seem to process the elements of speech very similarly to the way humans do, the scientists report online today in Current Biology.
According to the researchers, the findings support the idea that our
canine pals are indeed paying close attention not only to who we are and
how we say things, but also to what we say.
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