DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane DOG'S BEST FRIEND - WOMEN Source: Eotvos Lorand University & Stock The old adage "Man's Best Friend" has just been turned upside down by a university study from Budapest-based Eotvos Lorand University that demonstrates dogs listen to women more than men Here's what we know: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanners were used to analyze dogs' brain activity while men and women spoke Dog brain sensitivity increased when women directed their talk to the dogs One of the study's co-authors mentioned that women used more exaggerated prosody in talking to dogs than men do While monitoring their brain activity, dogs listened to recordings of dogs, infants and adult men and women Dogs brains responded most to dogs and infants Between women and men, dogs' brains responded first to women The resea