If you are a dog lover, you will enjoy this new study! “Humans keep talking to dogs whose sensitivity to human communicative signs is well known. Both the words what we say and the intonation how we say them carry information for them. For example, when we tell ‘sit’ many dogs can sit down. Similarly, when we praise dogs with a high toned voice, they may notice the positive intent. We know very little, however, on what is going on in their brains during these.” Researchers are using MRIs to study how dogs are processing speech and findings indicate plenty of similarities with how humans process speech! Read the article here!