A group of “gifted word learner” dogs can learn new words that label objects by overhearing their owners talking with each other, according to a new study by Shany Dror and colleagues. These dogs can ...

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

Miso, a six-year-old male Border collie from Canada, knows the names of about 200 toys and participated in a new study of how ...

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

The study’s findings add to evidence that the cognitive and social abilities that underpin language learning are not limited to humans — and highlight just how adept dogs are at reading human signals.

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

The research suggests that dogs have the neurological capacity to eavesdrop and learn new words when they hear humans talking ...

The second occurred in the “overhearing” condition, where the dog watched as the primary caretaker talked to another family ...

Some dogs, known as label learners, have the ability to learn the names of objects. What gives these dogs this special ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

Netflix has ordered a scripted series from YouTube Shorts star Alan Chikin Chow, the creator behind “Alan’s Universe.” ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By reading subtle throat vibrations and pulse signals, a lightweight AI -powered choker helps ...