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.

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 ...

According to the team, these findings suggest a dog’s ability to learn from overheard speech may rely on brain mechanisms ...

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

The second occurred in the “overhearing” condition, where the dog watched as the primary caretaker talked to another family ...

Some dogs understand more than just “sit” and “stay”–they learn new words simply by listening. A study shows: So-called ...

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