Simple trick to tell if your dog is a GENIUS revealed by scientists
Jan Hoole, for The Conversation
3 Feb 2021, 12:24
Updated: 3 Feb 2021, 14:39
ANYONE who has lived with a dog will know their capacity for learning the meaning of words, even ones you don’t want them to know.
How many times have you had to spell out the words “walk” or “dinner” in the hope of avoiding an explosion of excitement?
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Research shows some dogs learn the name of a new object after hearing it only four times, an ability previously thought to be confined to humansCredit: Alamy
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Previous studies have investigated how animals including chimpanzees, sea lions and rhesus monkeys learn words.