Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Some Dogs Are ‘Gifted Word Learners’ That Learn Language by Eavesdropping—Just Like Human Toddlers
New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...
The Times of Israel on MSN
Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, 'genius' dogs learn words like toddlers
In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...
Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...
A new study finds some "gifted" dogs can learn new object names just by overhearing human conversations—much like young ...
Some gifted canines pick up words simply by overhearing people speak to each other without needing to be taught ...
Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking new study, however, shows that some gifted dogs can also match given ...
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