US EditionSome dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners
Gifted word-learner dogs mastered toy names by overhearing owners, with 100% accuracy, unlike typical border collies who showed no learning evidence, researchers said.
- Researchers found that some gifted dogs can learn new words by passively listening to people talk, similar to how 1.5-year-old toddlers learn words.
- The dogs were more accurate at learning new words through overhearing than when being addressed directly .
- While dogs and young children exhibit similar word learning abilities, the underlying factors enabling this skill likely differ between species.
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Some dogs are, so to speak, gifted language learners. A group of Hungarian researchers have now found that such dogs can learn the names of objects, such as toys, simply by listening to people talk.
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?
New York, United States. A small group of dogs has the ability to learn human vocabulary beyond those special words that captivate any animal: food, park and, of course, cookies. This is shown by a study published on Thursday in Science magazine. According to research, some “gifted” dogs are able to learn words, like young children, listening to conversations from others. Shany Dror, cognitive researcher at the Clever Dog Lab at the Veterinary U…
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