Study described as ‘necessary first step’ in discovering whether dogs and humans can use push-button devices to communicate
  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I added the link to the study in the post body, since the article didn’t link to it. Again, this particular study didn’t provide any evidence that it’s possible, but they raised the possibly and backed it with non-controlled citizen data. Hence, a need for a controlled study to confirm that possibility.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Thanks for the link!

      In order to determine whether dogs’ performance at word comprehension is reflected in their button pressing, carefully controlled future studies must investigate whether dogs can spontaneously produce contextually appropriate button presses in experimentally induced situations [to] establish the extent to which AIC devices can be used for two-way interspecies communication

      Now that would be interesting.