Some super-smart dogs can pick up new words just by eavesdropping

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way.
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Dogs learn words like 18-month-old infants

A study has found that intelligent companion dogs possess language learning abilities comparable to those of 18-month-old ...
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Super-smart, eavesdropping dogs pick up new words like human toddlers

Spelling F-O-O-D or O-U-T might only get you so far around your dog if he or she is considered a Gifted Word Learner (GWL).
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Experimenting on dogs is getting harder to defend

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics.
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Dogs can match some words with objects, study suggests

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 ...
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Senators attack dog experiments at McGuire VA in letter, requests info on taxpayer dollars spent on them, calls them 'painful and deadly'

Researchers at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond have induced heart attacks in dogs, surgically implanted pacemakers into them and trained them to run on treadmills, all in the ...