It’s not just dogs anymore, as horses can tell how you’re feeling as well and distinguish positive and negative human reactions. It seems that we’re not as mysterious to animals as we thought. Researchers tested the reactions of 28 different horses from 5 different locations The horses were shown a series of images of a […]
Rodents Are Capable of Empathy
It seems that not only humans can feel sorry for one another, or console each other in times of distress, but rodents are capable of empathy, too. A team of researchers from Berkeley University has experimented on prairie voles, a social rodent species, and has determined that they are, indeed, capable of feeling empathy. The […]
Dogs Have a Knack for Showing Empathy
Dogs may be man’s best friend and his trusty companion, but when it comes to empathy we seem to know so little about our bow-wow bud. According to recent research, dogs have a knack for showing empathy. Moreover, it would seem that our buddies are able to decipher complex visual and auditory cues. The project […]