Dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times: Study

The findings of a new study suggest that talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times. PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 06:40 PM IST The findings of a new study suggest that talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times. While preliminary evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words (i.e. names of objects), unless eventually very extensively trained, a few individuals have shown some exceptional abilities. The Family Dog Project research team at the Department of Ethology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest is investigating on these exceptionally talented dogs who seem to learn words in the absence of any formal...