The role for which a dog was bred—say retrieving birds—is reflected in their brain structure, according to a study of 33 breeds.

Anyone who has a dog has spent some time wondering what’s going on in their canine friend’s head — if not thinking they already know for sure. Harvard’s Canine Brains Project is trying to, ...

Gazing into your furry friend's eyes and giving it pets can cause your brain to synchronize with theirs, scientists have discovered. This kind of synchronization of brain waves, known as interbrain ...

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Modern pet dogs are not just changing on the outside, with ever more specialized shapes and sizes, they are also quietly reshaping their brains. A growing body of research now suggests that the brains ...

Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd ...

Lots of dog owners love to gaze at their pups’ faces. But that fascination may be a one-way street, at least in the brain. Dogs’ brains aren’t especially impressed by faces, either those of other dogs ...