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Sad or afraid? Dogs may be able to read your face

Some good boys and girls got brain scans while seeing pics of people’s facial expressions

A dog (border collie) sits inside an MRI machine.

Kun-Kun the border collie underwent brain scans while looking at pictures of people’s faces. The experiments revealed that dog brains can differentiate between emotions.

LAURA V. CUAYA

By Meghan Rosen

Dogs may be even more attuned to people’s feelings than we think.

Man’s best friend has a knack for knowing what humans are thinking, reading signs as subtle as jangling keys or a dangling leash.