Dogs show human-like brain activity when they restrain themselves

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What happened

When we tell a dog "no" and it resists temptation, what happens in its brain?

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:30:01 UTC.

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  1. Scientists recreated what mice saw from brain activity alone

  2. Scientists shrank mice's brains and replaced the missing tissue with human 'organoids'

  3. Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough

  4. Dogs show human-like brain activity when they restrain themselves

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