研究表明狗狗确实能听懂人们说话

研究表明狗狗确实能听懂人们说话

Research Shows Dogs Really Do Understand Humans

研究表明狗狗确实能听懂人们说话

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Researchers at a university in Hungary say there is truth to what many dog owners always believed.

匈牙利一所大学的研究人员说，很多狗狗的主人一直相信的某种说法是有道理的。

Dogs do understand what humans say.

狗能听懂人们在说什么。

The researchers made images of the brains of 13 dogs using a machine that records brain activity.

研究人员用一种记录大脑活动的机器为13只狗狗做了大脑活动影像。

The dogs were trained to lie down in the machine for seven minutes. During that time, they listened through headphones to their trainers' voices.

这些狗狗被训练好，并躺在机器下保持7分钟。在此期间，他们通过耳机听到它们训练者的声音。

Dog owners may think the news is not surprising. But scientists are impressed.

狗狗的主人可能会认为这一消息并不奇怪。但是科学家却留下了深刻生活的印象。

Brian Hare is a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University. He called one of the findings a \"shocker.\"

布莱恩·黑尔是美国杜克大学人类进化学教授。他称其中一项调查结果令人震惊。

The brain imaging showed dogs processed words using the left side of their brains, just as humans do. They use the right side of their brains to understand tone and pitch.

大脑影像显示狗狗像人类一样，使用左脑处理语言，使用右脑理解语调。

The study showed dogs understand words and how they are said. Meaningful words said in a neutral way did not have the same effect as the same words said in an encouraging way.

研究表明狗狗能听懂人们说的话以及说话的语调。不带感情色彩的说些有意义的话，与用鼓励的方式说同样的话效果完全不同。

Attila Andics was the lead researcher on the project.

阿提拉·安蒂克斯是该项目的首席研究员。

\"Dog brains care about both what we say and how we say it,\" he said.

他说，“狗狗的大脑会同时注意我们说了什么以及我们是如何说的。”

Researchers say they think dogs are tuned in to what people say because dogs have lived with people for a long time.

研究人员说，他们认为狗狗理解人们说什么，是因为狗狗与人们长期生活在一起。

Andics said he thinks other animals probably can understand human language like dogs do. But those animals are not very interested in what humans have to say.

安蒂克斯表示，他认为其它动物可能也像狗狗一样能听懂人们的语言。但是这些动物

对人们说的话不是很感兴趣。

People reacted to the story on Facebook and Twitter. They said they always knew their pets could understand them. And they were happy to see scientific support for what they experienced every day.

人们在Facebook和Twitter上对该新闻做出了回应。他们表示，他们一直都知道自己的宠物能够理解他们。他们也很高兴看到他们每天所经历的事情有了科学支持。

One reader from Virginia said she thought her dog could probably read her mind, too.

来自弗吉尼亚州的一位读者表示，她认为她的狗狗或许还能读懂她的想法。

Someone in California joked that he always knew his dog ignored him.

加州有人开玩笑说，他一向认为他的狗狗不理他。

And Greg Matos in Boston called the study \"fascinating!\"

波士顿的格雷格·马托斯称这项研究令人神往！

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