Dogs are able to recognize words and the certain objects they "stand for," a new study has found. It is widely known that dogs can recognize certain words and perform an action accordingly. For example when you tell a dog to sit, it will do so. But the new ...

Let’s get this one thing straight: Doggos don’t speak English, but the good news is that they’re better at reading humans than humans are at reading dogs. Although it was once believed that dogs perceive human language differently than humans do, a ...

Like humans, dogs have the capacity to link words to mental images or ideas in their minds, researchers have recently found. Researchers in Hungary and Norway made the discovery while researching brain activity in dogs. They had dog owners show their ...

Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this understanding is assumed to depend on the formation of mental ...

Recent findings reveal that dogs are born ready to communicate with and understand people. Studies show puppies can reciprocate human eye contact and follow gestures to locate food. Research also suggests puppies raised with little human contact can ...

Man’s best friend understands us more than we realize, while we comprehend Fido less than we think. “Dogs, we’re their whole life,” dog trainer Andrea Arden told The Post. “[They’re] very well equipped to learn a lot about who we are and what ...

Researchers in India studied whether 160 stray dogs would react to commands like gesturing toward a bowl. This image, taken in 2012, shows street dogs surrounding an Indian tea vendor in Allahabad. AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh Dogs are famously good at ...

A new study found that some dogs can learn words for objects by overhearing a conversation, an ability humans begin to acquire at about 18 months old.