US EditionDogs build their vocabularies like toddlers
Seven of ten gifted word learner dogs retrieved new toys by name about 80% of the time after overhearing humans, showing rare canine word-learning abilities.
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New York— Dogs are good at learning orders of action like “sit down” and “quiet.” They’re not as good at remembering the names of things, like the names of their stuffed toys or with sound. Only a select group of dogs with a special ability to learn words can remember the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists know about 50 of these dogs, but they’re still not sure what’s behind their language skills. Now, a new research is expanding the limits o…
Some dogs can assimilate words simply by hearing humans speak to each other.
This type of learning is common in humans, but until now it was considered extremely rare in other species.
Especially clever dogs like Border Collie Miso define the names of toys by listening casually to their owners, without training. Is your dog also highly gifted?
Scientists have proven that gifted dogs can memorize new words by listening to people's conversations, just like children at 1.5 years old. Details of the experiment and conclusions of scientists TSN.ua (news 1+1).
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