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    Dogs can sense human emotion according to a study. [1] Scientists found that people have a left-gaze bias when looking at faces, preferring to look at the left side which expresses more emotion. [2] They conducted an experiment with dogs showing them human and dog faces as well as objects. [3] Eye-tracking software showed that dogs also have a left-gaze bias when viewing human faces, suggesting they can detect human emotions in the same way as humans.

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    Dogs can sense human emotion according to a study. [1] Scientists found that people have a left-gaze bias when looking at faces, preferring to look at the left side which expresses more emotion. [2] They conducted an experiment with dogs showing them human and dog faces as well as objects. [3] Eye-tracking software showed that dogs also have a left-gaze bias when viewing human faces, suggesting they can detect human emotions in the same way as humans.

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    Dogs can sense human emotion according to a study. [1] Scientists found that people have a left-gaze bias when looking at faces, preferring to look at the left side which expresses more emotion. [2] They conducted an experiment with dogs showing them human and dog faces as well as objects. [3] Eye-tracking software showed that dogs also have a left-gaze bias when viewing human faces, suggesting they can detect human emotions in the same way as humans.

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    Can dogs sense emotion?

    : Video Zone – exercises


    Do you think your dog knows when you're happy, sad or angry? Watch this video to find out what scientists
    have discovered about the relationship between dogs and humans.

    Do the preparation task. Then watch the video and do the exercises. Remember you can read the
    transcript at any time.

    Preparation: matching
    Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a – h next to the number 1 – 8.

    e randomly
    1…….. a. a strong feeling such as love, hate, fear or anger
    b to express
    2…….. b. to show a feeling
    d a bias
    3…….. c. to notice or become aware of something
    c to tune into
    4…….. d. the fact of preferring a particular subject or thing
    a emotion
    5…….. e. done or chosen without any plan, system or pattern

    f
    6…….. to detect f.
    to discover or notice something, especially something that is difficult
    to see, hear, smell, etc.
    h evidence
    7…….. g. something that will help you to succeed
    g an advantage
    8…….. h. something which shows that something else exists or is true

    1. Check your understanding: true or false


    Circle True or False for these sentences.

    Before this experiment, dog owners didn't think dogs could sense their
    1. True False
    emotions.

    The left and right sides of a person's face look different when the person
    2. True False
    is expressing an emotion.

    3. You can see how people really feel by looking at the left side of their face. True False

    4. Scientists had thought that only humans had a left-gaze bias. True False

    5. In the experiment, dogs were only shown faces. True False

    6. Dogs look left when shown another dog's face. True False

    7. Other animals also look left when looking at a human face. True False

    8. Being able to detect human emotions gives dogs a biological advantage. True False
    2. Check your understanding: ordering
    Write a number (1-6) to put these stages of the experiment in order.

    3
    …………. Scientists prepared a series of images showing human faces, dog faces and inanimate
    objects.
    1
    …………. Eye-tracking software was used to show that people have a left-gaze bias when they look at
    human faces.

    ………….
    5 Scientists recorded the direction of the dog’s gaze with a video camera.
    6
    …………. The experiment showed that dogs also have a left-gaze bias when looking at a human face.

    ………….
    2 Scientists decided to recreate this experiment with dogs.
    4
    …………. The dogs looked at the images.

    3. Check your grammar: gap fill – gerund or infinitive


    Write the correct form of the verb in brackets to fill the gaps. Use a gerund or the infinitive form of the verb.

    1. knowing
    When looking at a human face, we look left without _______________ it. (know)

    2. to read
    Scientists wanted to find out if dogs use the same trick _______________ human faces. (read)
    looking
    Scientists thought only humans had a left-gaze bias until they started _______________ at dogs.
    3.
    (look)

    4. having
    _______________ the ability to detect human emotions is unique to dogs. (have)

    5. able
    There may be a biological advantage in _______________ to read people’s emotions. (be able)

    6. to aprroach a person when the person is smiling. (approach)


    It makes sense for a dog _______________

    Discussion
    I think because he gets excited when he sees me coming home from school or when I
    Do you think your pet can sense emotion? take him for a walk.
    Do you have a close bond with your pet? Yes, I love him too much is like my best friend

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