Science shows that dogs learn to form mental representations of words, shedding light on why they often seem to grasp our conversations. Nothing quite captures the heart like videos of dogs appearing ...

Our canine companions may not engage in human conversation, but their ability to understand and respond to certain words is truly remarkable. Through consistent association and positive reinforcement, ...

Dogs seem to understand that words represent specific objects, recordings of their brain activity suggest. Although some dogs can fetch a wide range of different objects on command, few do well on ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dog owners will tell you that their beloved pets understand them, from the cute perking up of ears with an adorable head tilt to an ...

Last year, a dog named Bunny went viral on TikTok for pressing buttons with words on them to "communicate" with her owner. But can dogs even... Can dogs understand the meaning of words? Scientists are ...

(CNN) – A new study suggests dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, so they may understand words in a similar way to humans. Researchers said it offers the first evidence of ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...