Can a puppy understand people?

Dogs can't understand people's words, so dogs can do some actions and complete some tasks according to people's wishes. It is a conditioned reflex after long-term training, which is definitely different from the action of human beings after certain thinking. Dogs and people can cultivate certain emotions, but it is impossible to exchange ideas through language.

Let the dog shake hands, come here, train the dog's excretion habits and so on are all conditioned reflex after training.

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According to Taiwan Province's "China Times News" reported on August 30th, a study published in Science by Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest tested 13 dogs, including German shepherd, golden retriever and border collie.

When they listen to the coach's lecture, they scan their brains with MRI. The results show that dogs, like humans, use the left hemisphere to process language and the right hemisphere to process tones. The researchers explained that dogs will only respond to compliments if the words and tone are correct. In other words, dogs will activate the pleasure center of the brain when friendly and praising words are matched with appropriate intonation.

Attila Andics, an expert on animal behavior, said: "The human brain not only analyzes what we say and how we say it, but also integrates these two kinds of information into meaningful information. The research results show that dogs can do the same. " This discovery will help to enhance the communication and cooperation between people and dogs.

References:

People's Daily Online-Research: The mechanism of dog brain processing language is similar to human intelligible pronunciation.