Are you sometimes unsure about what your dog is saying? Take this Sweet Walks test to see how well you can read your dog’s body language. BODY LANGUAGE TEST Answer yes or no. 1. A wagging tail always means that a dog is happy. 2. Squinted eyes always means that a dog is sleepy. 3. A stressed or nervous dog has a crouching position. 4. A relaxed dog wags its tail with a wide, sweeping motion that’s even with the spine. 5. An alert dog has perky ears that point forward (loo

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10 clues to help you guess: 1. Independent-thinking and hard-wired 2. Courageous, dignified, profoundly loyal 3. Quiet and fastidious 4....

The Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky, formulating his theories of child development, described a stage of children internalizing conversations with those around them — social speech — into a conversation in their own heads. He called it “inner speech” and thought it enabled children to use language to reflect on and consider their own behavior. We continue that monologue with ourselves as we age into adults. It’s not quite the way we’d talk to those around us, though, with i

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Dogs have long been known for their incredible sense of smell. As the earliest domesticated animals, they have also developed unique...