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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / How does your dog recognize you?
« on: 24/10/2020 01:45:02 »
Many people say that their dog recognizes them
On Naked Neuroscience this week, they reported on a story comparing the responses of dog and human brains to images of (dog and human faces) vs the back of (dog and human) heads.
- They used an MRI machine to study human and dog(!) brains
- They reported that while humans have a distinct brain region for recognizing individuals, dogs do not.
- This finding suggests that dogs do not recognize people by sight, but by other senses.
See/Listen: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/can-dogs-recognise-their-owners-faces
Recently, I was on the far end of a Zoom meeting, and my wife reported that as soon as my voice came through, our dog started hunting around. This suggests that my dog can recognize my voice.
My dog also recognizes when my wife arrives in her car - also sound-oriented.
From playing various "hide and seek" games with my dog, I can see that my dog is very smell-oriented; when he gets near his target, he can home in very quickly. They have an advantage over humans, as dogs can "smell around corners".
How does your dog recognize you?
On Naked Neuroscience this week, they reported on a story comparing the responses of dog and human brains to images of (dog and human faces) vs the back of (dog and human) heads.
- They used an MRI machine to study human and dog(!) brains
- They reported that while humans have a distinct brain region for recognizing individuals, dogs do not.
- This finding suggests that dogs do not recognize people by sight, but by other senses.
See/Listen: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/can-dogs-recognise-their-owners-faces
Recently, I was on the far end of a Zoom meeting, and my wife reported that as soon as my voice came through, our dog started hunting around. This suggests that my dog can recognize my voice.
My dog also recognizes when my wife arrives in her car - also sound-oriented.
From playing various "hide and seek" games with my dog, I can see that my dog is very smell-oriented; when he gets near his target, he can home in very quickly. They have an advantage over humans, as dogs can "smell around corners".
How does your dog recognize you?