Dogs recognize smiling faces 00:33. Potty training dogs has a lot to do with raising your voice and pointing fingers. But maybe a smile or a frown is the way to go.

Word to the wise: Don’t play poker with your dog. He can read your face like a book. A new study shows that man’s best friend is remarkably good at discerning happy expressions from angry ones ...

Dogs can tell the difference between happy and angry human faces, according to a new study in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on February 12. The discovery represents the first solid ...

Researchers trained a group of 11 dogs to distinguish between images of the same person making either a happy or an angry face. During the training stage, each dog was shown only the upper half or ...

The dogs in a study chose whether a face was happy or angry by tapping an image with their noses. Skip to main content. Scientific American. February 13, 2015. 3 min read.

Dogs may indeed be able to discriminate between happy and angry human faces, according to a new study. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The faces were presented on a touch screen, and the dogs were rewarded either for touching the happy face or the angry face with their noses. After this training, ...

The study specifically looked at people's resting faces. That means a scowl or a smile provoked by emotion didn't factor into it — the researchers only looked at faces in "neutral" positions.

Many dog owners believe their canine friends can tell when they are happy or sad - and now science has presented - for the first time - evidence that could.

Almost 100 participants were shown numerous examples of face pareidolia and the speed and accuracy with which the expressions were perceived as happy or angry were measured. "We found a robust ...