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Humans are bad at reading dogs' emotions—but we can learn to do better

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A recent US study looked at how successful people are at assessing dogs' emotions from looking at pictures.

We tend to anthropomorphize dogs because we have evolved a human-specific way to interpret others' emotions.

A good example of this is the so-called guilty look.

To assess the dog's emotional state, you also have to consider the position of the tail.

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informal

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English

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46

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long-living

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