It's not quite mind-reading, but dogs do monitor our eye movements and voice tone to predict our intent.
One secret behind supposed canine ESP turns out to be a dog's ability to track human eye movements.The ability helps dogs to read human intent.Dog social skills are equivalent to that of six-month to two-year-old children.
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The careful watch of a dogs' eyes help the animal figure out what we're up to. Click to enlarge this image. Getty Images
Dogs often seem to be psychic, anticipating what we're going to say or do, and now research reveals one secret behind this canine ESP: Dogs intensely track our eye movements, which can be tied to intent.
Human babies also possess the ability, described in the latest Current Biology. The discovery might help to explain why so many people treat their furry pals like their kids.
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"Dogs are receptive to human communication in a manner that was previously attributed only to six-month-old human infants," co-author Jozsef Topal told Discovery News.
"They read our intention to communicate in a preverbal, infant-like manner," added Topal, who works in the Institute for Psychological Research at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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