Because tears universally elicit prosocial behaviors in people, it’s not hard to imagine how tear-prone pups might ... rated pictures of dogs given artificial tears as cuter. So Gračanin says that ...

For the experiment, scientists asked the owners to play separate recordings: one of a human crying ... the dogs heard the ...

To do so, they asked the owners ... their negative feelings by crying, which leads to more caregiving from parents. Domesticated by humans like no other animal, dogs have developed specific ...