<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Dogs-attention-_Proc-Roy-Soc-B_feature-image2.jpg” alt=”Scientists have named the most effective way to attract a dog’s attention”/>To understand how communication occurs, scientists turn not only to people, but also to their pets. Of particular interest are situations when you need to point to another object. There is no doubt that dogs follow human instructions, but how well these gestures are understood by them is debatable. In their new work, the researchers used eye tracking to observe how dogs react to referring gestures and glances.