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Gifted word-learner dogs prefer new toys and try to share them, study finds
Gifted word learner dogs prefer novel toys and share them with owners, suggesting social motivation drives their unique ability to learn object names.
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Gifted word learner dogs prefer novel toys and share them with owners, suggesting social motivation drives their unique ability to learn object names.
Newly hatched chicks, like humans, associate "bouba" with round shapes and "kiki" with spiky ones, showing this "bouba/kiki effect" is not unique to language-using animals.