What Really Prompts The Dog's 'Guilty Look'
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 07:35
in Psychology & Sociology
What dog owner has not come home to a broken vase or other valuable items and a guilty-looking dog slouching around the house? By ingeniously setting up conditions where the owner was misinformed as to whether their dog had really committed an offense, researchers uncovered the origins of the “guilty look” in dogs.