Surprising information keeps surfacing about dogs, who have been considered our closest friends for centuries. Our friends, who in recent weeks were discovered to be able to visualize smells in their heads, have moved on, according to a new study. they can ‘see’ smells.

In the study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, scientists mapped dogs’ olfactory brain pathways with diffusion MRI scans. With the data obtained 3D Map of the Canine Brain’s Neural Pathways created. The map showed a vast, previously unknown pathway between dogs’ olfactory and visual systems.

Their visual cortex works even harder than when we see them:

Cornell University neuroimaging researcher Pip Johnson, who was involved in the study, said they had never seen this connection between the nose and the visual cortex in the brain. In addition, according to Johnson, the visual cortex of dogs is ours in the olfactory state. it worked harder than we ran in our vision state.

While this study doesn’t clearly show whether dogs can literally see by smell, every discovery in the brain continues to surprise us. In addition, preliminary data from studies of the same species just beginning in cats, In cats, this relationship is much stronger. has already shown.