“So if we try to teach dogs more abstract linguistic concepts on buttons, the dog does not necessarily understand the rich linguistic meaning of these words, but rather associates a particular ...

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The findings by the researchers, from The University of Manchester are published in ...

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?

said in a post on Facebook that he believes that all the study shows is that dogs respond to stimuli — but that they don’t actually understand the meaning of specific words. Scientists believe ...

(NEXSTAR) – Need a little help understanding the Gen Alpha ... modest and shy.” The word now enjoys an expanded meaning, however, thanks to popular TikTok user Jools Lebron, who used it ...

"Dogs are not merely learning a specific behaviour to certain words but they might actually understand the meaning of some individual words as humans do," Magyari said. The finding that dogs may ...