Que? Dogs’ brains can tell Spanish from Hungarian, study finds

The researchers also found that dogs can distinguish between speech and non-speech

09 January 2022 - 20:38 By Krisztina Fenyo

Dogs can distinguish between languages, researchers in Hungary have found after playing excerpts from The Little Prince in Spanish and Hungarian to 18 canines and examining how their brains reacted...

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