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Dogs can distinguish between different languages, study suggests

Researchers found distinct activity patterns in dogs’ brains when they compared responses to speech and non-speech, reports Tom Batchelor

Thursday 06 January 2022 22:33 GMT
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<p>Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study has found</p>

Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study has found

Dogs can detect speech and distinguish between different languages, a new brain imaging study suggests.

Researchers in Hungary found the animals show different brain activity patterns depending on whether they hear a familiar or unfamiliar language.

The study’s authors said it was the first demonstration that a non-human brain can differentiate two languages.

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