Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...

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

Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ten new words each day, reaching an average vocabulary of about 60,000 ...

Typical family dogs can understand action words such as ‘sit’, but not words that describe objects. Shany Dror at the ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr.

Most dog owners are aware that their pooch is smart enough to know a few choice phrases—“walkies,” for instance, or, perhaps ...

Dogs can learn new words just by overhearing human conversations, a study has found. Many dog owners find they have to avoid ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...

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

Many dog owners know their pets excel at learning words such as “walk,” “sit,” “stay” and even their own names.

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...