Can dogs learn language?

Shany Dror is a PhD student based in Hungary and the driving force behind the Genius Dog Challenge.

This involves testing six brainy Border Collies from around the world to see how quickly they’re able to understand and recognise words. And these words are nouns, not common commands like fetch, sit and stay.

The hope is that these tests can give us a better understanding of the evolutionary basis of language, and of how genetic and environmental factors shape language acquisition.

Can dogs learn language?
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