Age and experience can help young kids learn to identify dog aggression

In a study of children and adults, both higher age and having had a pet dog were associated with better ability to recognize dog emotions from facial expressions. Heini Törnqvist of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on July 26, 2023, showing four-year-olds were less able to recognize aggressive dog expressions than older children and adults.