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ArabicScientists trained 13 dogs -- golden retrievers, border collies, a German shepherd, and a Chinese crested -- to lay down and remain still for more than seven minutes while in a brain-scanning MRI machine.
How do dogs process language? Scientists scan their brains to find out
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The dogs who participated in a MRI study about language processing, listen attentively to their trainer, Márta Gácsi.
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Photos: How do dogs process language? Scientists scan their brains to find out
Two dogs participate in a MRI training session, in which they learn how to remain still while in the machine.
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The trained dogs sit around the MRI scanner and listen to their trainer.
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A dog waits to be measured in the MRI machine as part of the study. The dog can pull out of the machine at any time.
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A dog, named Barack, is lying on the MRI scanner bed during the study.
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Researchers Attila Andics (on left) and Anna Gábor (on right) sit with the dog, Barack, during the study.
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Anna Gábor (on left), Attila Andics, and Márta Gácsi (on right) -- all researchers at Eötvös Loránd University -- work around the MRI scanner during the study.
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Barack's proud owner gives him praise after he completes a successful brain scanning session.
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