Acquisition and long-term memory of object names in a sample of Gifted Word Learner dogs

Dogs with a vocabulary of object names are rare and are considered uniquely gifted. In a few cases, these Gifted Word Learner (GWL) dogs have presented cognitive skills that are functionally similar to those of human infants. However, the acquisition rate of new object names and the ability of GWL d...

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Main Authors: Shany Dror, Ádám Miklósi, Andrea Sommese, Andrea Temesi, Claudia Fugazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-10-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210976