The Economic Times

Dogs may read your emotions better than you think as brain scans reveal how canines distinguish happiness, fear and sadness in humans

New research reveals dogs' brains process human emotions distinctly. Happy faces activate specific brain regions associated with reward processing. Dogs can differentiate between fear and anger or sadness in human expressions. This brain imaging evidence suggests dogs recognize emotions, not just pleasantness. Earlier studies showed dogs integrate visual and auditory emotional cues effectively.