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Some dogs learn words like toddlers

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Austrian researchers found some dogs are gifted word learners with sociocognitive skills parallel to eighteen-month-old humans.

Reporting date: 2026-01-09 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 9, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Some dogs learn words like toddlers
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Reporting date: 2026-01-09
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-09-gifted-word-learner-dogs
Claim: Austrian researchers found some dogs are gifted word learners with sociocognitive skills parallel to eighteen-month-old humans.
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- Welcome to January 9, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-9-2026
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