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A research led by the University Eötvös Loránd (ELTE) of Budapest points out that there are few dogs able to learn new words only by listening to human conversations, without direct training or explicit reinforcements. The study, published in Science magazine, has put a scientific basis to an intuition shared by many dog owners. Some dogs can learn words without anyone teaching them directly The study focused on dogs that had already demonstrate…
A recent research sparked a new debate: can some dogs learn words the same way as young children, just listening to human conversations?The results not only say yes, but also show how deep their understanding of language can be.Previous studies showed that babies can incorporate new vocabulary only by listening to adults, following their eyes, and capturing social keys.That research published in Science confirmed that even without direct interac…
Any dog owner will tell you: dogs understand many words, and studies confirm this impression.
Dogs learn words by simple listening, like 18-month-old children. A millennium co-evolution with man would be the key.
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