{
  "id": 750384,
  "title": "Dogs can tell if you're scared or sad, not just in a bad mood: World-first brain scan study reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/dogs-can-tell-if-youre-scared-or-sad-not-just-in-a-bad-mood-world",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T07:52:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/dogs-can-tell-if-youre-scared-or-sad-not-just-in-a-bad-mood-world-first-brain-scan-study-revals-11786606811264.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ever wondered why your dog slinks away from an angry person but leans in when you're crying? A new brain-scanning study offers the first MRI-based evidence that dogs' brains process human fear, sadness and anger as genuinely distinct emotions — not just a simple ‘good mood, bad mood’ split.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}