Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photograph shows a dog EEG experimental setup. When a dog follows a command or fetches a ball, it’s hard to know what’s ...

Dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, according to a recent study, suggesting that they may understand words in a similar way to humans. It offers the first evidence of ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit” and “stay,” but also to words referring to their favorite objects. “Bring me your ...

A study published in Current Biology by the Department of Ethology at Eötvös Loránd University reveals that dogs with a vocabulary of toy names—known as Gifted Word Learners—can extend learned labels ...

Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this understanding is ...

(CNN) – A new study suggests dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, so they may understand words in a similar way to humans. Researchers said it offers the first evidence of ...