Posted on 08/28/2009 9:34:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono
New research shows babies have a handle on the meaning of different dog barks – despite little or no previous exposure to dogs.
Infants just 6 months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven’s music.
Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us understand how babies learn so rapidly. Long before they master speech, babies recognize and respond to the tone of what’s going on around them.
“Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world,” said BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study.
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LOL, well that’s true of course. I could see our big boy doing that to me or the hubby, or our blue eyed fuzzy devil deciding to roost on my mom. The other two....nah.
Know what’s scary? Waking up with a cat on your chest and its tail in your face. It makes you wonder...
All dogs go to Heaven, but I’m sure that praying helps. What a couple of cuties, but don’t let the cats see what the dog is praying for.
Off-topic, but that cat looks just like my Misty, pre-lion cut.
Definitely.
Misty’s a good name for a cat like that.
Thank you. She’s a great kitty.
She’s more than great, isn’t she?
Yep. ;^)
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