Animal cognition: Dogs build semantic expectations between spoken words and objects

Micah M. Murray; Naomi K. Middelmann; Kara D. Federmeier

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.045

Animal cognition: Dogs build semantic expectations between spoken words and objects

Micah M. Murray, Naomi K. Middelmann, Kara D. Federmeier

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A recent study has used scalp-recorded electroencephalography to obtain evidence of semantic processing of human speech and objects by domesticated dogs. The results suggest that dogs do comprehend the meaning of familiar spoken words, in that a word can evoke the mental representation of the object to which it refers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R348-R351
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	34
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.045
State	Published - May 6 2024

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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