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I call shenanigans. The researcher wrote the name of each toy onto it with a Sharpie - clearly the dog simply read the name off instead of memorizing all 1000
by Vivtek 16y ago
I call shenanigans. The researcher wrote the name of each toy onto it with a Sharpie - clearly the dog simply read the name off instead of memorizing all 1000 items.
There's just so much sloppy research out there.
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- JshWright 16y agoI think it's funny that the dog's recall outpaced the researcher... The article mentions the fact that humans can use context to help remember words, but the dog has to use rote repetition. It's interesting that the reliance on context that helps us learn stuff in general could mean that dogs may actually be "better" at building a vocabulary of 1000+ unrelated names.
- mhb 16y agoIt doesn't sound like the researcher had any trouble remembering the words. Just remembering which ones he had taught to the dog.