Kids with good executive function tend to grow up to be financially stable, healthy, productive adults. Past attempts to ...

A new study demonstrates that some highly gifted dogs can categorize objects not just by appearance, but by how they are used ...

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 ...

"So now it turns out that these dogs can do the same.” Fugazza and her Hungarian colleagues have been studying canine behavior and cognition for several years. For instance, in 2023, we reported on ...

Everybody knows that dogs can learn to associate specific spoken words with objects that look a certain way. A groundbreaking ...

A new study shows that gifted word learner dogs extend verbal labels to new objects based on functional similarity and form ...

It’s a mental trick called “label extension.” Humans use it when we realize a hammer and a rock can both drive a nail, or that a mug and a glass both count as “cups.” ...

Human infants naturally learn new words and their associations, such as how spoons are related to plates because they are ...

This work presents an object placement and lookup method that achieves full placement flexibility, balanced load, low ...

In a series of playful interactions with their owners, dogs with a vocabulary of toy names - known as "Gifted Word Learner" ...

Do gamers really differ from non-gamers in their psychological makeup? A new study suggests they don’t. Researchers found few ...

For the study, owners of 10 talented dogs —mostly border collies—taught them words for two categories: tug toys, called pulls ...