Dog and Human Brains Represent Human Emotional Bodies with Asymmetric Encoding of Happiness and Anger
Laura V. Cuaya, Raúl Hernández-Pérez, Magdalena Boch, Janosch Rumpf, Azalea Reyes-Aguilar, Ludwig Huber, Claus Lamm
This study shows that dogs and humans have similar neural representations of human bodily emotions, with happiness and anger encoded asymmetrically in distinct brain regions.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience