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Some Dogs Are ‘Gifted Word Learners’ That Learn Language by Eavesdropping—Just Like Human Toddlers
New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...
According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...
Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can ...
These “Gifted Word Learner” (GWL) dogs can learn names for objects by overhearing exchanges between members of their human ...
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 ...
Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...
Mack’s story shows dogs in labs are capable of love, curiosity and joy, yet their lives are stolen for research. Every dog ...
One of five billboards going up near the state capital and one on I-75 in Detroit, calling on Wayne State University to stop cruel experiments on dogs. Credit: Physicians Commitee for Responsible ...
Lions tight end Sam LaPorta is calling on Michigan lawmakers to end painful, taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs in the state. LaPorta and his wife, Callie, earlier this week wrote leadership in ...
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