Is your pet perceptive? Dogs can tell when you’re happy or sad, study shows.

Tell us, do you think your pet understands your feelings?

Brain regions linked to higher cognitive functions and reward processing were activated only by images of happy strangers

Man's best friend knows how you feel, as scientists have found that dogs can distinguish between emotions in people's faces.

A dog watching its owner smile may be doing much more than simply looking at a familiar face. Inside its brain, that smile appears to trigger a distinct response, one that researchers can tell apart from the reactions produced by anger, fear or sadness.   Scientists have long known that dogs are unusually good at […] T

Happy, angry or scared? Dogs can tell by your expression alone  The Times

fMRI scans show happiness, fear, anger, and sadness have distinct brain activity patterns in doggy brains.