The idea of being able to speak to creatures in their own distinct language was a thrilling prospect. Fantastic creaturesResearchers placed headphones on dogs to see how the canine brain responded to different languages. Then, the words are repeated in an unfamiliar language, followed by nonsense words. You're in an MRI machine, and inside your head, your brain is lighting up in response to the familiar and the unfamiliar. The result: Cuaya's study of 18 dogs, monitored inside fMRIs, demonstrated that the canine brain indeed recognized these changesThat makes dogs the first nonprimates shown to possess spontaneous language ability.

Source: CNN January 09, 2022 05:42 UTC