Wednesday 25 October 2017

Dogs Can Tell Whether People Are Selfish Or Generous After Brief Human Exposure

Dogs Can Tell Whether People Are Selfish Or Generous After Brief Human Exposure

If you’ve ever wondered whether your dog indeed is a good judge of a person’s character or whether that’s just the wishful thinking of a doting dog parent, new research suggests that dogs are aware of human personality. However, it doesn’t have anything to do with a canine sixth sense. A study published in the journal PLOS One found that dogs learn to recognize whether a person is selfish or generous after little human interaction. Adult dogs in the investigation preferred to get physically closer to generous people instead of selfish people.

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