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Everyone knows that dogs are great. I think that dogs' brains are also great! I explore how dogs' brains work using fMRI 🇲🇽 Best believe I'm still bejeweled🌟
Jan 19, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
1. My beloved dogs, Odín and Kun-kun, thrive in the charming city of Budapest because Hungarians have a special fondness for dogs, always showing them a smile.

We studied the dog brain's response to emotional human faces, starting with happiness.
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@AnnieRothNews Two happy border collies in a public garden. The title is: & 2. Our fMRI study revealed increased activity in the right temporal cortex and caudate when dogs (n=8) viewed happy faces.
However, as we used neutral faces as a control, we can't confirm that the response was specifically to happy faces and not just any emotion.🤦‍♀️#AnimBehav2023