Our animal friends can attract our attention not only with their various silly ways, but also sometimes with their clever movements and behaviors. The human-like movements of animals attract more attention than their inner normality. In this respect, it is thought that the act of animals that makes people the happiest and reflects their intelligence is speech behavior. As a matter of fact, parrots come to the fore with these features.
Scientists examined the ability to learn the names of toys in 6 bordercollie dogs, which were determined by the Genius Dog Challenge and brought from various parts of the world. As a result of the study, it was found that the dogs remembered more than 100 names. In the study, it was seen that dogs who learned up to 12 new toy names in 1 week kept these names in mind for 2 months. The researchers suggested that this is a powerful model for studying the mental mechanisms involved in the vocabulary learning experience found in nonhuman creatures.
They proved they knew the names of more than 28 toys to participate in the research
“We know that dogs can easily learn words associated with actions like ‘sit’ or ‘collapse’. But few dogs can learn the names of objects,” said lead researcher Shany Dro of the Family Dog Project at Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary. “We’ve been looking for dogs that have learned the names of their toys all over the world for a while, and we managed to find 6 of them.” It was learned that the dogs participating in the study were Max from Hungary, Gaia from Brazil, Nalani from the Netherlands, Squall from the USA, Whiskey from Norway and Rico from Spain. Dogs had to prove they knew the names of more than 28 toys to participate in the study.
Claudia Fugazza, head of the research team, said: “These gifted dogs can learn new toy names with remarkable speed. In our previous study, we found that they could learn a new toy name after hearing it only 4 times. However, they did not form a long-term memory with such a short suggestion.” found.
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