Do Dogs Really Prefer Baby Talk? You Might Be Surprised.

“Who’s a good boy?” Scientists investigated whether our pets like the exaggerated tone that many of us use with our canines.

Few of us can resist using baby talk with our dogs. Next time someone makes fun of you for it, you can tell them that science is on your side.

Commonplace among languages around the world, baby talk involves speaking to infants in a high-pitched, exaggerated way. It’s thought to help babies learn language, for example by making vowels clearer and strengthening social bonds with parents.

By Linda Lombardi
Source National Geographic