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Why do people tend to talk to pets, objects?
A recent scientific study has explained why people tend to talk to objects or animals. This somewhat strange method of communication involves social intelligence.
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Dr. Con Slobodchikoff, emeritus professor of biology at the University of Northern Arizona (USA) has similar questions and he spent 30 years of his life studying their behavior.