Brain scans can now reveal what your dog is staring at. Hint: it’s not always you

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Researchers at Emory University have figured out how to get dogs to lay still in fMRI machines for 30 minutes at a time without restraint, all so they can figure out the answers to questions like, "Does my dog love me?" This latest study looks at the two key ways a dog's eye differs from that of a human, and how a wider perspective might affect their behavior.

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