Some people are more sensitive to dogs' facial expressions

Researchers have found that empathetic people interpret the facial expressions of dogs more intensely. The research suggests that humans interpret dog facial expressions in a similar way to human facial expressions. Empathy also makes people assess dogs' emotional facial expressions more rapidly. The research, based at the University of Helsinki and Aalto university, found that humans are good at recognizing the threatening facial expressions of dogs and considered them much more intense than similar threatening human expressions. However, humans rated happy facial expressions less intensely in dogs than they did in other humans.