A study has shown that dogs can actually tell when you're feeling sick – here's everything it found
You often have the impression that your dogs have this extraordinary ability to understand when you are sick: Well, a study confirms that this is exactly the case. Four-legged friends use their body language to recognize in different ways that something is wrong. Without a doubt, they are incredibly sharp animals and are called man's best friends for a reason.
Scientists have conducted numerous studies to test whether dogs can actually detect whether we are sad, lonely, happy or sick, and over time this appears to be the case Our pets have developed a certain intuition. Here's how far a dog's detection abilities extend.
The Science of Sniffing: A Study Confirms Dogs Know When You're Sick
Dogs may be able to sense everything from danger to their owners' mood swings – a study has even shown this I can understand if you're not feeling well. The key to all of this is in their sense of smell. In fact, people give off a very different smell depending on their level of well-being.
For example in a study of early tumorsThe dogs were given stool samples and exhaled breath samples to see if they could detect colon cancer. The animals, previously trained to detect cancer odors, were able to detect the disease almost as well as a traditional diagnosis.
A study shows how dogs detect diseases (biopianeta.it)
Since then, even without training, dogs have had a clear advantage Their sense of smell is much more developed of the human. In fact, scientists have estimated that this might at least be the case 10,000 times sharper. Dogs have evolved in the same way the ability to read our facial expressions. This means they may be able to sense if we are in pain.
A 2016 study from the University of Lincoln in the UK suggested this Dogs can recognize human emotions. In the experiment, 17 domestic dogs heard sounds paired with images in different combinations and displayed positive or negative emotional expressions. The animals spent much more time looking at the images that emotionally matched the sounds. This suggests that if we appear anxious and sensitive to pain, dogs may be able to understand this.
If smell and sight weren't enough, Research from 2014 He suggested that too Dogs can notice differences in the manner of their owners They make noises when they are sick. By giving dogs vocal stimuli and analyzing their brain functions, scientists have found that they can hear the difference between a happy and a sad owner.
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