You may laugh when you see dog owners talk to their pets as though they were human. Although dogs cannot speak a human language, they seem to understand how you feel. Sounds strange? Now scientists have found that dog and human brains deal with sound and emotion情感in a similar way. This may help to explain the language problem.
To compare human and dog brains, a scientist called Attila Antics and his team tested 11dogs and 22 humans. Both group listened to almost 200 dogs and human sounds. From crying to laughter and playful barking吠. At the same time, the team scanned扫描both group’s brain activity.
The scientists found that a similar part in both brains was activated激活when animals ad people heard human voices and emotional sounds, such as crying and laughter. Also, emotional dog voices, such as angry barking also caused a similar action from human and dog volunteers.
We know very well that dogs are good at tuning和..协调into the feeling of their owners, and we know a good dog owner can find emotional changes in their dog. But we now begin to understand that this similarity may help to explain this can be.
we can know from the first paragraph that ___
A.god owners can speak a dog language |
B.dogs can speak a human language |
C.dog owners can explain the language problem |
D.dogs seem to understand how people feel |
while the dog and human volunteers listened to different sounds. Andics and his team____
A.watched their actions | B.scanned their brains |
C.recorded their sounds | D.activated their brains |
according to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.the brains of dogs and humans deals with sounds and emotions in a similar way |
B.only human voices can activate a certain part of the brain |
C.pets are good at tuning into the feeling of their owners |
D.dog owners can’t pay attention to the emotional changes in their dogs |
what is probably the best title for this passage?
A.dogs, friends of human | B.dogs feel human emotions |
C.human and dog brains | D.a new research on dogs |