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

Research shows that some brainy pooches can learn new words just by eavesdropping on their owners' conversations.

Dogs can learn the names of objects simply by overhearing human conversations, an interesting study has revealed.

These “Gifted Word Learner” (GWL) dogs can learn names for objects by overhearing exchanges between members of their human ...

"Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children," lead scientist, Dr.

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A new study finds that some gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by listening to their owner talk about the toys with ...

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

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