GOOD BOY! DOG BRAINS UNDERSTAND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPANISH AND HUNGARIAN

New research shows canine comprehension of different languages. In the first demonstration that a non-human brain can differentiate two languages, researchers at Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary have shown that dog brains can detect speech.

The brain imaging study – published in Neurolmage – trained 18 dogs to lie very still in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) machine, where brain activity could be measured by detecting changes associated with blood flow. The dogs were then played excerpts of the Antoine de Saint-exupéry classic

The Little Prince in Spanish and Hungarian.

The results show that dog brains display different activity patterns in response to a familiar and unfamiliar language. They also found that dogs can distinguish between speech and non-speech – so your pup might know when you’re talking nonsense.