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Study Finds Dogs Can Categorize Toys Like Humans
9/19/2025
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- A study in Current Biology reveals that dogs can categorize toys by function, akin to humans.
- "Gifted Word Learner" dogs identified tugging and fetching toys without prior training.
- Owners labeled activities as "pull" or "fetch" during playful interactions at home.
- Dogs correctly selected toys based on learned labels in 31 out of 48 trials.
- This research suggests dogs form mental representations of objects through experience.
