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Ever wondered if pooches can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.
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London, January 27
Ever wondered if pooches can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.
While preliminary evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words, unless eventually very extensively trained, a few individuals have shown some exceptional abilities, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn novel words, said researcher Claudia Fugazza from the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary
For the study, the team involved two gifted dogs, a Border Collie named Whisky and a Yorkshire terrier named Vicky Nina.
Dogs can learn new words quickly after hearing them: Finds study
While preliminary evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words (i.e. names of objects), unless eventually very extensively trained, a few individuals have shown some exceptional abilities.
Washington: The findings of a new study suggest that talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times.
While preliminary evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words (i.e. names of objects), unless eventually very extensively trained, a few individuals have shown some exceptional abilities.
The Family Dog Project research team at the Department of Ethology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest is investigating on these exceptionally talented dogs who seem to learn words in the absence of any formal training, but simply by being exposed to playing with their owners in the typical way owners do, in a human family.