Posted on 01/06/2012 1:04:54 PM PST by ColdOne
A new report in Current Biology highlights that some dogs have the skills of a 6-month-old baby, USA Today reported.
The study’s results “support the notion that dogs are sensitive to the cues of signaling humans’ communicative intent in a way that is analogous to preverbal human infants,” said Jozsef Topel, the study’s author and an associate professor in the Comparative Behavior Research Group at the Institute for Psychological Researches, Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest.
In the study, 16 dogs watched videos of actresses turning toward a plastic pot.
During the first experiment, one actress stared directly into the dog’s eyes and said in a high-pitched voice, “Hi, dog.”
In a second experiment, the actress said, “Hi, dog,” in a low-pitched voice, but did not make direct eye contact.
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Feh.
I’d go as far as saying that some breeds have as much intelligence as a 2-yr old child.
Feh.
I’d go as far as saying that some breeds have as much intelligence as a 2-yr old child.
doggie ping
And some of them are just as cute.
There was a study years ago that determined German Shepherds were as smart as 12 year olds. Of course, there are smart 12 year olds and dumb 12 year olds just like there are smart and dumb dogs. Our current crop are on the lower end of the scale. How I miss my old husky who was smarter than most people of any age.
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I have found I can train a six month old dog but it takes about 18 years to half train a human baby. My conclusion is that dogs are easier to train than humans. My hypothesis (which has yet to be tested rigorously) is that is because dogs are smarter than humans.
Studies either prove what common sense tells us, or it is a lie - Dennis Prager.
I’d be willing to say my dogs have more intelligence than my Congresswomen and Senators!
We will tell our Maltese-yorkie-poo to go get the ball, and she will run into another room and locate it and bring it back.
That’s intelligence beyond even six months.
Then the two inherited Chihuahuas from my wife’s family aren’t intelligent enough to let us know they have to use the restroom. So, it depends on the breed.
I’ve got two dogs.
They’re both smarter than most democrats.
I’ve got two dogs.
They’re both smarter than most democrats.
And, they’ve never lied.
Some breeds are more trainable than others.
It also depends on what you want the dog to do. Consider how the TV dog wisperer can get dogs to things the owners never could. Understanding dog psychology and communication has a great deal with how a dog will respond.
Trying to compare human and animal intelligence is problematic anyway.
I had a lab mix that not only understood the meaning of certain words, e.g. go out, but rapidly learned the meaning of spelled words, e.g. g-o o-u-t.
I have a Jack and she is one smart dog. learns fast and knows a lot of words.
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