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It may sound barking, but 10-year-olds can understand dogs better than people of any other age. 也许在我们听来只是狗叫的声音，在一个十岁的孩子看来却不是，他能更好地领会狗狗说话的含义。 Researchers at Eo?tvo?s Lora?nd University in Budapest found that humans understand a dog’s bark from an early age, but that after 10, are not able to decipher meanings so easily. 在布达佩斯的一所大学中，研究人员发现孩子越小越能理解狗狗说话的含义，但一旦到了10岁，他们就不能那样容易的理解了。 In tests, volunteers found it easiest to distinguish when a dog was angry – but 10-year-olds excelled at interpreting more subtle noises. 实验中，志愿者们都说区分狗狗是否在生气是最容易的，但是10岁左右的孩子更擅长区分狗狗发出来的更细小的声音。 The study’s results came from playing recordings of various bark ‘modes’ - such as warning off a stranger, playing and feeling lonely - to children aged six, eight and 10, and adults, and asking them to pair the noises with corresponding human facial expressions. 实验是通过播放不同的狗叫声来让人辨认的，例如对陌生人的警告，或是独自玩耍的孤独，将这些声音播放出来后，让六岁，八岁，十岁的孩子及成人把这些声音与相对应的人类表情归类。 The authors, Pe?ter Pongra?cz and Csaba Molnár, said: ‘This shows that the ability of understanding basic inner states of dogs on the basis of acoustic signals is present in humans from a very young age. | 
