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Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing them, study shows
Research into canine cognition suggests some pets store object names in long-term memory
Dog owners may have trouble remembering which toy is Mr Squeaky, but such names can be seared into the memory of their pets, researchers have found. Photograph: Whisky the dog/Helge O SvelaDror added the findings could have implications for understanding the evolution of human language, given memory is one of its many components. Writing in the journal Biology Letters, Dror and colleagues report how they studied five dogs who, in earlier research, had learned the names of 12 new toys.
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