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Dog-Speak Understood By Babies, BYU Study Finds
Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158266.php
New research shows babies have a handle on the meaning of different dog barks - despite little or no previous exposure to dogs.
Infants just 6 months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven's music.
Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us understand how babies learn so rapidly. Long before they master speech, babies recognize and respond to the tone of what's going on around them.
"Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world," said BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study.
Flom and two BYU students report their latest "amazing baby" findings in the journal Developmental Psychology.
"We chose dogs because they are highly communicative creatures both in their posture and the nature of their bark," Flom said.
In the experiment, the babies first saw two different pictures of the same dog, one in an aggressive posture and the other in a friendly stance. Then the researchers played - in random order - sound clips of a friendly and an aggressive dog bark.
"They only had one trial because we didn't want them to learn it on the fly and figure it out," Flom said.
While the recordings played, the 6-month-old babies spent most of their time staring at the appropriate picture. Older babies usually made the connection instantly with their very first glance.
Study co-authors Dan Hyde and Heather Whipple Stephenson conducted the experiments as undergrads and don't recall any babies getting upset.
"Many of them enjoyed it," said Hyde. "Others just looked."
"Infants are pretty cooperative subjects," Stephenson added.
The mentored research experience helped Hyde and Stephenson secure spots at prestigious grad schools. Hyde is currently at Harvard working toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology. Fellow co-author Heather Whipple Stephenson recently completed a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.
"With this study, my favorite part was watching a somewhat zany idea grow into a legitimate research project," Stephenson said.
Source:
Joe Hadfield
Brigham Young University
New research shows babies have a handle on the meaning of different dog barks - despite little or no previous exposure to dogs.
Infants just 6 months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven's music.
Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us understand how babies learn so rapidly. Long before they master speech, babies recognize and respond to the tone of what's going on around them.
"Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world," said BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study.
Flom and two BYU students report their latest "amazing baby" findings in the journal Developmental Psychology.
"We chose dogs because they are highly communicative creatures both in their posture and the nature of their bark," Flom said.
In the experiment, the babies first saw two different pictures of the same dog, one in an aggressive posture and the other in a friendly stance. Then the researchers played - in random order - sound clips of a friendly and an aggressive dog bark.
"They only had one trial because we didn't want them to learn it on the fly and figure it out," Flom said.
While the recordings played, the 6-month-old babies spent most of their time staring at the appropriate picture. Older babies usually made the connection instantly with their very first glance.
Study co-authors Dan Hyde and Heather Whipple Stephenson conducted the experiments as undergrads and don't recall any babies getting upset.
"Many of them enjoyed it," said Hyde. "Others just looked."
"Infants are pretty cooperative subjects," Stephenson added.
The mentored research experience helped Hyde and Stephenson secure spots at prestigious grad schools. Hyde is currently at Harvard working toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology. Fellow co-author Heather Whipple Stephenson recently completed a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.
"With this study, my favorite part was watching a somewhat zany idea grow into a legitimate research project," Stephenson said.
Source:
Joe Hadfield
Brigham Young University
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Dog-Speak Understood By Babies, BYU Study Finds
Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158266.php
New research shows babies have a handle on the meaning of different dog barks - despite little or no previous exposure to dogs.
Infants just 6 months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven's music.
Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us understand how babies learn so rapidly. Long before they master speech, babies recognize and respond to the tone of what's going on around them.
"Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world," said BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study.
Flom and two BYU students report their latest "amazing baby" findings in the journal Developmental Psychology.
"We chose dogs because they are highly communicative creatures both in their posture and the nature of their bark," Flom said.
In the experiment, the babies first saw two different pictures of the same dog, one in an aggressive posture and the other in a friendly stance. Then the researchers played - in random order - sound clips of a friendly and an aggressive dog bark.
"They only had one trial because we didn't want them to learn it on the fly and figure it out," Flom said.
While the recordings played, the 6-month-old babies spent most of their time staring at the appropriate picture. Older babies usually made the connection instantly with their very first glance.
Study co-authors Dan Hyde and Heather Whipple Stephenson conducted the experiments as undergrads and don't recall any babies getting upset.
"Many of them enjoyed it," said Hyde. "Others just looked."
"Infants are pretty cooperative subjects," Stephenson added.
The mentored research experience helped Hyde and Stephenson secure spots at prestigious grad schools. Hyde is currently at Harvard working toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology. Fellow co-author Heather Whipple Stephenson recently completed a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.
"With this study, my favorite part was watching a somewhat zany idea grow into a legitimate research project," Stephenson said.
Source:
Joe Hadfield
Brigham Young University
New research shows babies have a handle on the meaning of different dog barks - despite little or no previous exposure to dogs.
Infants just 6 months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven's music.
Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us understand how babies learn so rapidly. Long before they master speech, babies recognize and respond to the tone of what's going on around them.
"Emotion is one of the first things babies pick up on in their social world," said BYU psychology professor Ross Flom, lead author of the study.
Flom and two BYU students report their latest "amazing baby" findings in the journal Developmental Psychology.
"We chose dogs because they are highly communicative creatures both in their posture and the nature of their bark," Flom said.
In the experiment, the babies first saw two different pictures of the same dog, one in an aggressive posture and the other in a friendly stance. Then the researchers played - in random order - sound clips of a friendly and an aggressive dog bark.
"They only had one trial because we didn't want them to learn it on the fly and figure it out," Flom said.
While the recordings played, the 6-month-old babies spent most of their time staring at the appropriate picture. Older babies usually made the connection instantly with their very first glance.
Study co-authors Dan Hyde and Heather Whipple Stephenson conducted the experiments as undergrads and don't recall any babies getting upset.
"Many of them enjoyed it," said Hyde. "Others just looked."
"Infants are pretty cooperative subjects," Stephenson added.
The mentored research experience helped Hyde and Stephenson secure spots at prestigious grad schools. Hyde is currently at Harvard working toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology. Fellow co-author Heather Whipple Stephenson recently completed a master's degree in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota.
"With this study, my favorite part was watching a somewhat zany idea grow into a legitimate research project," Stephenson said.
Source:
Joe Hadfield
Brigham Young University
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Help Jude get his dog!
Meet Jude Bell.
He's an amazing 6-year-old boy who loves to laugh and to make other's laugh. He's smart, handsome, funny, loving, lovable, clever, and honest. He tries harder than most anyone you'll meet. He makes us proud every single day. He also has Autism.
Autism is a neurological disorder that is more and more heard of, yet still widely misunderstood. Autism affects the areas of the brain controlling language, social interaction, and creative and abstract thinking. He actually has a very large vocabulary, but does not always use it properly. He often has difficulty communicating his wants and needs.
In addition, his brain has difficulty processing the sensory information that he perceives. Many times sights, sounds, smells, and touch can overwhelm him. This usually leads to outbursts and a desire to flee the situation. Other times, he has trouble focusing because he can’t fight the desire to seek out sensory input. This leads to sensory seeking activities that alienate him from those around him.
Every moment of every day Jude fights against his natural tendencies to be afraid, anxious, or overwhelmed. He strives to communicate and be understood. His greatest challenge though, may be in trying to make friends.
We have one goal for Jude's life -
his happiness!
You can help us reach this goal!
Be sure to check out our "Thank You" page to see where we're at on our fundraising journey & the wonderful people and companies that have helped us get there!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Richard Gere: Dog is hero in film about Japan tale
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-erZjuZI2S3-9fETwnn7JUw06dwD99A34R80
By YURI KAGEYAMA
By YURI KAGEYAMA
TOKYO (AP) — Richard Gere stars in a Hollywood remake of Japan's long-cherished story of Hachiko, a faithful dog that died at a train station waiting for its master. But "Hachi: A Dog's Story" is more about the dog than about Gere, the 59-year-old actor said Wednesday.
"On this movie, I was definitely second-class," he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel.
The movie premiered in the U.S. at the Seattle International Film Festival in June, and opens in Japan in August.
The story of Hachiko is a legend among Japanese, a pet-loving nation that honors self-sacrificing loyalty.
Hachiko, the story goes, always used to wait at Shibuya train station for its master, a professor at the University of Tokyo.
Even after the professor died, the dog waited every day at the station for a decade, until it died in 1935.
People were so moved they built a statue of Hachiko at the station, which remains a popular rendezvous spot for Japanese today.
The story of Hachiko was made into a 1987 Japanese movie. Gere's version transports that story to a station in Rhode Island.
Gere said the Japanese breed of dogs called Akita used in the movie are close to wild dogs and very difficult to train. In the beginning, Gere was instructed not to even look at the three dogs that played Hachi.
"They only do something because they want to. You can't really buy them with food," said Gere, last in Japan four years ago for another remake of a Japanese story, "Shall We Dance?"
Gere said the new film evokes the artistry of silent movies.
Often, the crew would film the dog for 12 hours, and take just 10 minutes to shoot Gere's segments, he said.
"We were capturing something that was organic and real that was happening between me and the dogs," he said.
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