DOGS SHOW COGNITIVE ABILITIES
November 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE
DOGS have shown for the first time that they can form abstract concepts by classifying complex colour photographs and placing them into categories the same way humans do, according to a study from the University of Vienna in Austria.
Four dogs were shown landscape and dog photographs, and made a selection on a computer touch-screen.
In the training phase, the dogs were shown both the landscape and dog photographs simultaneously and were rewarded with a food pellet if they selected the dog picture.
The dogs then took part in two tests.
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