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The performance of dogs in these studies is superior to that of NHPs, [39] however, some have stated categorically that dogs do not possess a human-like ToM. [12] [40] Similarly, dogs preferentially use the behaviour of the human Knower to indicate the location of food. This is unrelated to the sex or age of the dog.
The brain recordings showed a different pattern when the dogs were presented with a matching object versus one that didn't match, and these characteristic patterns occurred in a comparable time ...
In general, dogs seem to use human cues as an indication on where to go and what to do. [36] Overall, dogs appear to have several cognitive skills necessary to understand communication as information; however, findings on dogs' understanding of referentiality and others' mental states are controversial and it is not clear whether dog themselves ...
Most had at least one name for a favorite toy, including one pet that understood four distinct words for different toys in the experiment. It's not clear from the study results whether all dogs ...
Does my dog understand me? Your dog knows when someone is speaking your native tongue or a foreign language, Hungarian researchers reported. Dogs understand foreign language, brain scans show
Dogs have shown an ability to understand human communication. In object choice tasks, dogs utilize human communicative gestures such as pointing and direction of gaze in order to locate hidden food and toys. [90] However, in contrast to humans pointing has a different meaning for dogs as it refers to a direction or location. [91]
Dogs purr—sometimes called rumbling—to let you know they’re content as can be. It may sound a bit like a growl, so check out the context to see if you’ve got a dog that purrs. 11.
Bonnie Bergin trained dogs to go to specific text on the wall to ask clearly for "water, treat or pet me." Dogs were able to learn English or Japanese text. She says service dogs can learn to find EXIT signs, bathroom gender signs, and report what disease they smell in a urine sample by going to a sign on the wall naming that disease. [59]