Volume 53 - No. 8
By Friedrich Gomez Are dogs truly smarter than people? In 2022-2023, scientists in steadily increasing numbers are networking around the world to better answer this nebulous question. ARE DOGS A LOT SMARTER THAN WE THINK? Animal researchers have found that the common pet dog is far more capable of just grasping simple commands, such as “Get the ball!” or “Stay!” or “Sit” and “Roll over.”
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Studies reveal that these everyday common dogs can remember what they just did, and reproduce that action on cue, so says a new study published in the Journal of Comparative Psychology (23 July 2022). According to several behavioural measures, dogs’ mental abilities are close to a human child, age 2 to 2.5 years of age. However, in some areas of cognitive studies, canines seem far more
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intelligent than scientists have previously believed. Many such studies into the true capability of the canine’s cognitive ability has stunned the scientific community and overturned previous human arrogance and towering human egos which were, ostensibly, too sensitive to be challenged. AREAS OF SUPERIORITY OVER HUMANS. Researchers in South Carolina discovered that
a border collie comprehends the names of over 1,000 objects, differentiating between names of objects and orders to retrieve them. Over 1,000 items can be accurately retrieved by exact name, far exceeding the memory banks of most humans. Incredibly, such dogs have “retained in their memory” each and every 1,000-plus items and objects within their brain cells -- and then, are able to recognise any specific item or ob-
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