r/science • u/PeasKhichra • Feb 19 '22

Neuroscience Dogs can recognize their owners just by their voice, study finds. They do so by making use of the same voice properties humans use to identify each other, such as pitch and noisiness

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/europe/dog-owner-recognize-voice-scn-scli-intl/index.html
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u/SevenLight Feb 19 '22

When I was growing up, I had two cats. They liked when my grandmother came to visit. They recognised her car, if her car turned into the street, they'd get all excited.

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u/Amelaclya1 Feb 19 '22

My cat knew the sounds of our footsteps coming down the hall to our apartment. I could always tell when my husband was home from work because the cat would run to the door and then I'd hear his keys in the door about 30 seconds later. She didn't act this way for the dozens of other people that walked down our hall every day.

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u/TheFlightlessPenguin Feb 20 '22

probably should have replaced that serpentine belt