Selective breeding appears to have broadly reshaped the brain networks dogs use to process human voices, words and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long recognized as a skill used by toddlers who are learning to understand language, scientists have discovered that a rare subset ...

Some dogs are not just listening for the word “walk.” A small, rare group can quietly monitor human conversations and pick up brand new vocabulary without any direct training, behaving more like ...

What makes a dog able to learn? New research suggests that it may be the gift of confusion. Let me unpack that. My dog, Samson, is about 1.5 years old. Like most dogs, he knows that words mean things.

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Some dogs are seemingly more talented than others. So-called gifted word learners (GWL) are rare canines that can rapidly learn the names of toys, a skill that most dogs don't possess. To understand ...

"Honey, will you take Luna to the P-A-R-K?" Both parents and dog owners know that some words should not be spoken, but only spelled, to prevent small ears from eavesdropping on the conversation. At ...