Thursday, November 29, 2007

Dogs Can Classify Complex Photos In Categories Like Humans Do

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2007) -- Like us, our canine friends are able to form abstract concepts. Friederike Range and colleagues from the University of Vienna in Austria have shown for the first time that dogs can classify complex color photographs and place them into categories in the same way that humans do. And the dogs successfully demonstrate their learning through the use of computer automated touch-screens, eliminating potential human influence.

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