They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
But you can teach it new words! Scientists in Hungary studied dogs’ brains while their owners used certain words.
The results suggest our furry friends are a lot like us when it comes to language.
#dogs #pets #animals #science #language
But you can teach it new words! Scientists in Hungary studied dogs’ brains while their owners used certain words.
The results suggest our furry friends are a lot like us when it comes to language.
#dogs #pets #animals #science #language
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00:00 Man's best friend may be smarter than you think.
00:04 Scientists in Hungary say there's new evidence showing dogs link specific words to objects.
00:10 They studied dogs' brains when their owners referred to an object they had seen before,
00:15 for example a favorite toy.
00:18 Sometimes the owners would show the right object when using the word, other times the
00:22 wrong object.
00:23 The scans revealed that the dogs' brains responded one way when the word and object
00:28 matched and another way when they didn't match.
00:32 That means they linked objects with specific words.
00:36 And guess what?
00:37 Your brain does the same thing.
00:39 They understand the object words and that shows that their understanding of words is
00:46 very similar to what we see in humans.
00:49 All of this means you better watch what you say around your pets.