For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

This is not comparable to word learning in children. By around age two, typical English-speaking children learn approximately ...

Some dogs can learn words by eavesdropping on conversations, study finds. The rare ability mirrors how 18-month-old toddlers ...

Some dogs have an amazing ability to learn the names of dozens, even hundreds of toys. Now, a new study suggests these super learners can pick up new words by overhearing people talk, just as toddlers ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...

Research suggests they learn as well as 1.5-year-old toddlers.

Elizabeth I forgot, I forget the word when I try to speak. For a moment my mind is blank. Miguel I know what I want to say, ...

Most dog owners are aware that their pooch is smart enough to know a few choice phrases—“walkies,” for instance, or, perhaps more likely, “time for dinner.” Some particularly intelligent canines can ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

How people work out the meanings of new words has been revealed by researchers, who say this is similar to the way in which young children learn language. The researchers said: ''A lot of what infants ...

Some dogs can learn new object names by overhearing human conversation, highlighting advanced learning skills also seen in ...