New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...

A new study finds some "gifted" dogs can learn new object names just by overhearing human conversations—much like young ...

According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...

Basket the Border collie seems to have a way with words. The 7-year-old dog, who resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ...

Canines have a unique talent for learning a vocabulary of toy names can pick up new words by simply overhearing conversations ...

A new study investigates where toddlers look when they learn new words. It finds that children with larger vocabularies looked quickly towards objects when learning new words. Meanwhile, children who ...