It has been confirmed that some dogs with exceptional learning abilities can learn the names of objects by eavesdropping on ...

Some dogs understand more than just “sit” and “stay”–they learn new words simply by listening. A study shows: So-called ...

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can ...

For instance, the group’s 2022 study discovered that dogs store key sensory features about their toys—notably what they look ...

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say.

Basket the Border collie seems to have a way with words. The 7-year-old dog, who resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ...

Dogs can learn the names of objects simply by overhearing human conversations, an interesting study has revealed.

A 6-year-old Border Collie named Miso, living in Canada, can distinguish the names of over 200 toys. After hearing the names ...

According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...

Dear Cathy, My dog has zero interest in toys. He doesn’t fetch, chew, squeak, or even look at them. I’ve tried balls, stuffed ...

Human reading looks so ordinary that it is easy to treat it as the default way brains extract meaning from marks. Yet when I ...

Doesn’t it feel otherworldly out here?” says Colleen Durkin from the lower deck of the Rachel Carson as it glides out from ...