Animals
Owners' Scent Triggers Greatest Reward in Dogs' Brains
New research on how dogs perceive smell reveals that canines' brains produce a reward signal more strongly in the presence of familiar humans than they do in the presence of familiar dogs or unfamiliar humans.
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