Analysis of the dogs’ brain activity showed that when the women talked to the animals, their brain activity increased.
Dogs are often referred to as man’s best friend, but these pets should now be called women’s best friends, the Daily Mail writes, according to a study by scientists from Hungary’s University of Budapest.
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In a new study, scientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity in pet dogs. Recordings of men and women talking to dogs, babies, and adults were tapped while pets were scanned.
It turned out that the canine brain responds better to human speech when talking to babies and dogs, but worse to words spoken by adults to each other. But best of all, in this case the dogs’ brains responded when women spoke, not men. The scientists concluded that dogs respond better to loud sounds. So it turns out that dogs listen to women better than men.
Scientists believe this result may also be explained by the fact that women are more likely to talk to dogs with exaggerated prosody than men. People tend to use an exaggerated tone of voice to attract attention when talking to babies and dogs.
If previous research has shown that babies perceive this tone of speech really well, this is the first time it has been discovered in dogs. Scientists still didn’t know how sensitive the dog’s brain was to human speech.
The researchers believe the new discovery will help understand how the high pitch of the sound helps the dog’s brain more efficiently process information received from a human.
The authors find the results very interesting because, unlike infants, the dog’s brain’s particular sensitivity to women’s words cannot be explained by, for example, prenatal exposure to female voice.
Another interesting fact, according to scientists, is that dogs communicating with each other usually do not use the same tonality that women use when communicating with these animals.
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