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- Dogs exhibit a form of “affective empathy,” where they respond to the emotional states of humans, particularly those they are close to. For example, in experiments where humans pretend to cry, many dogs will approach the distressed person, offering physical contact or attempting to comfort them.
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We sought to answer two questions: Firstly, do dogs display specific discriminatory facial movements in response to different categories of emotional stimuli? Secondly, do dogs display similar facial movements to humans when reacting in emotionally comparable contexts?
- Dogs recognize dog and human emotions - PMC
Although dogs showed the ability to recognize both...
- Dogs recognize dog and human emotions - PMC
Nov 14, 2017 · Therefore, we tested two hypotheses: 1) Do dogs produce specific facial actions in response to different categories of emotionally-competent stimuli (i.e. stimuli that produce an emotion...
- Catia Correia Caeiro, Kun Guo, Daniel Mills
- 2017
Oct 20, 2015 · Although dogs showed the ability to recognize both conspecific and heterospecific emotional cues, we found that they responded significantly more strongly towards dog stimuli.
- Natalia Albuquerque, Kun Guo, Anna Wilkinson, Carine Savalli, Emma Otta, Daniel Mills
- 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0883
- 2016
- Biol Lett. 2016 Jan; 12(1): 20150883.
Sep 21, 2024 · Several recent studies have investigated how dogs perceive human emotional expressions. They have measured the reactions of dogs when exposed to stimuli presented in different modalities, such as photographs, audio recordings or odor samples, or to humans simulating various emotional situations.
Although dogs showed the ability to recognize both conspecific and heterospecific emotional cues, we found that they responded significantly more strongly towards dog stimuli.
- Natalia Albuquerque, Kun Guo, Anna Wilkinson, Carine Savalli, Emma Otta, Daniel Mills
- 2016
Jan 28, 2021 · Nevertheless, these differential facial actions suggest that dogs do not just passively view the presented emotional stimuli, but show some level of functional response or understanding of (at least) the species observed.
Dogs can respond functionally to emotional expressions and can use the emotional information they obtain from others during problem-solving, that is, acquiring information from faces and body postures allows them to make decisions.
