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A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

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One year after receiving a grant to study canine vocalizations, The University of Texas at Arlington researcher Kenny Zhu has ...

"So now it turns out that these dogs can do the same.” Fugazza and her Hungarian colleagues have been studying canine behavior and cognition for several years. For instance, in 2023, we reported on ...

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

A study published in Current Biology by the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University reveals that dogs with a vocabulary of toy names—known as Gifted Word Learners—can extend learned labels ...

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For the study, owners of 10 talented dogs —mostly border collies—taught them words for two categories: tug toys, called pulls ...

Evolutionary Background Dogs are descendants of wolves, which are pack animals. Life in a pack requires cooperation, hierarchy, and adherence to group rules. Wolves must work together to hunt, protect ...