These one-word-to-one-object connections show that dogs have a basic understanding of words. According to a study, a dog's ability to understand human words is roughly equivalent to that of a 12 ...

Source: Grzegorz Eliasiewicz, used with permission. Humans use words to refer to objects in the environment. We understand that certain words “stand for” certain objects, and this ...

Published in the journal PLOS ONE last month, Rossano's findings suggest dogs in the study were able to understand certain words, contributing to the possibility of an enhanced bond between dog ...