For generations, dog owners have joked that their pets listen in on conversations and seem to understand what people are ...

See what words this 8th grader spelled correctly to secure his spot in the next round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much ...

One of the perks, and responsibilities, of having a dog is to play with them. Not only is it fun, but it’s one of the main ways they learn. Dogs are social animals; they make sense of the world ...

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. "I know what I want to say, but no words come to mind. It's like my mind just shuts down.” – Miguel It’s a common experience for language learners to ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can be difficult to diagnose, despite the condition being more prevalent than autism spectrum disorder, representing roughly 7.5% of 5-year-olds in ...

For some dogs, picking up the names of new toys is as easy as listening in on human conversation 1. Typical family dogs can understand action words such as ‘sit’, but not words that describe objects.

Twitch star Kai Cenat is earning widespread praise for openly sharing his reading journey online. Clips of him learning new words and improving his speech have gone viral, drawing supportive reactions ...

The study involved pups like Miso, a 6-year-old male border collie from Canada who knows the names of about 200 toys. Veronica Suen Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some highly gifted dogs ...

A border collie lying quietly in a corner while a family discusses dinner plans might not be just napping. Research shows that some exceptionally smart dogs can pick up the names of objects simply by ...