Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Dogs Get Gestures as Well as Toddlers


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Dogs possess a two-year-old child’s capacity to understand human pointing gestures, with dogs requiring next to zero learning time to figure out the visual communication, according to two recent studies. The comparison with kids doesn’t end there. Due to domestication, dogs appear to be predisposed to read other human visual signals, including head-turning and gazing.

Full article: Discovery News


See also:

>  Gestures say so much, whatever your language
>  Native Language Governs the Way Toddlers Interpret Speech Sounds, According to Penn Study
>  Scientists look to apes for origin of language
>  When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same despite speakers’ language
>  Baby’s first heard words

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