Some dogs can pick up hundreds of words—do they learn like children?

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

Science Says Dogs Learn Words Exactly Like Human Toddlers Do

For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...
MIT Technology Review

This baby with a head camera helped teach an AI how kids learn language

A neural network trained on the experiences of a single young child managed to learn one of the core components of language: how to match words to the objects they represent. Human babies are far ...
Times Union

Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shannon Pruden, Florida International University and Karinna Rodriguez, Florida ...
The Conversation

Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use

Shannon Pruden receives funding from National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development and National Science Foundation. Karinna Rodriguez does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...