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

Gifted word learner dogs seem capable of eavesdropping about as well as 18-month-old toddlers, the study researchers say.

K?" Both parents and dog owners know that some words should not be spoken, but only spelled, to prevent small ears from ...

A new study has discovered that dogs can learn names of new objects just by listening to their owners interact with each ...

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

Overall, the gifted dogs performed just as well when learning from overheard speech, as when they were directly taught.

Typical family dogs can understand action words such as ‘sit’, but not words that describe objects. Shany Dror at the ...

Canines have a unique talent for learning a vocabulary of toy names can pick up new words by simply overhearing conversations ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare subset of “genius dogs” has mastered the art of eavesdropping to decode human communication.

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...