The team wanted to look into how much dogs understand the human language. “We want to know whether animals can have certain language skills which are present in humans,” said co-lead author ...

Dog owners sometimes claim that their dogs understand ... can perceive and respond to the emotional states of their human partners by using various cues like: Facial expressions Body language ...

Cats have long fascinated humans, as it can be hard to figure out what goes through their heads. They have unique forms of ...

More information: Christoph J. Völter et al, Using mobile eye tracking to study dogs' understanding of human referential communication, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2025).

It'll be no surprise to anyone who has had a pet dog, that they have a certain understanding with humans. In fact, a new study has provided the first neural evidence for object-word understanding ...