Researchers have shown that domesticated dogs respond in a similar way to the nonsensical high-pitched voice people use talking to infants. Puppies were highly reactive to the pitch of dog-directed speech; Older dogs, of course, really couldn’t care less.
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ben aderet etal 2016 burnham etal 2012
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