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

Dogs can learn new words just by overhearing human conversations, a study has found. Many dog owners find they have to avoid ...

Toddlers are known to acquire new vocabulary by eavesdropping on adult conversations, a process called overheard speech ...

For instance, the group’s 2022 study discovered that dogs store key sensory features about their toys—notably what they look ...

Some clever dogs can pick up on the names of hundreds of toys just through natural interactions with their owners. A team led ...

Toddlers learn new words in many ways, including passively listening to interactions between adults. To do this, they must ...

Eavesdropping “genius dogs” are able to learn names for objects by overhearing their owners, according to groundbreaking new ...

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.

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

Most dog training relies on direct instruction—pointing at a ball and repeating the word “ball” until the association is made ...