Human and dog brains both have dedicated 'voice areas'
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 15:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The first study to compare brain function between humans and any nonprimate animal shows that dogs have dedicated voice areas in their brains, just as people do. Dog brains, like those of people, are also sensitive to acoustic cues of emotion, according to a study in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on February 20.