2024-09-04 17:55:08
Science
Psychology
Border Collies Can Remember Concepts for Two Years
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Some Border Collies can remember the names of hundreds of toys; tests show that they can retain these names for at least two years. Especially gifted dogs, so-called Gifted Word Learners (GWL), like the late Border Collie Rico, can name hundreds of objects and retrieve them on command.
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Memory artist dog - Border Collies can remember terms for two years
Some dogs, often Border Collies, can remember names of hundreds of toys. Their memory capacities for designations and their assignments are of great interest for language development. Gifted word learners can quickly memorize new object names.
DER SPIEGEL
Dogs as super memorizers: Border Collies retain terms for two years in memory - DER SPIEGEL
Some Border Collies can remember names of hundreds of toys they have not seen for years. Four out of five dogs remembered 60-75% of previously learned toy names after two years. Particularly talented dogs, so-called Gifted Word Learners, showed success rates of up to 60% in recognition.
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