{"id":348917,"date":"2021-10-06T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/exceptional-learning-capacities-revealed-in-some-gifted-dogs\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T02:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T23:00:03","slug":"exceptional-learning-capacities-revealed-in-some-gifted-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/exceptional-learning-capacities-revealed-in-some-gifted-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Exceptional learning capacities revealed in some gifted dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Exceptional learning capacities revealed in some gifted dogs<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Whiskey is one of the talented dogs who participate in experiments at E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University. Credit: Helge O. Savela
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Does your dog understand you? All dogs are smart but some are uniquely gifted at learning words. According to a new study, just published in Royal Society Open Science<\/a><\/i>, these gifted dogs can learn up to 12 new toy names in one week. Not only that, but they can also remember the new toy names for at least two months. The dogs presented their exceptional skills as part of the Genius Dog Challenge, a series<\/a> of live broadcasted experiments, which went viral over social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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“We know that dogs can easily learn words that are linked to actions, such as ‘sit’ or ‘down’. But very few dogs can learn names of objects” explains Shany Dror, leading researcher, from the Family Dog Project<\/a>, E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University. “For more than two years we searched around the world for dogs that had learnt the names of their toys, and we managed to find 6.”<\/p>\n

The dogs: Max (Hungary), Gaia (Brazil), Nalani (Holland), Squall (USA), Whisky (Norway), and Rico (Spain), all qualified to participate in the challenge by proving to know the names of more than 28 toys, with some knowing more than 100.<\/p>\n

“These gifted dogs can learn new names of toys in a remarkable speed” says Dr. Claudia Fugazza, head of the research team. “In our previous study <\/a>we found that they could learn a new toy name after hearing it only 4 times. But, with such short exposure, they did not form a long-term memory of it.”<\/p>\n

In this new study, the researchers wanted to push the limits of the dogs’ talent, so they challenged the owners to teach their dogs the names of first 6 and then 12 new toys in only one week. The researchers were amazed by the dogs’ performance. “It turned out that, for these talented dogs, this was not much of a challenge. They easily learned between 11 to 12 toys,” discloses Shany Dror. The researchers also tested the dogs one, and two months after they had learned the names of the new toys and found that they still remembered those.<\/p>\n

The study not only reveals that some gifted dogs can learn new words in an astonishing rate but also standardizes a new way of conducting science.<\/p>\n


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