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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 3d

A recent scientific review examines the biological, cognitive, and ethical factors influencing whether dogs could ever develop speech, highlighting the complexity of canine-human communication. doi.org/g955mh

Could dogs ever talk? New review weighs science, ethics and evolution

A new scientific review tackles an age-old question: could dogs ever learn to talk? While barking out full sentences might sound like science fiction, researchers are taking a closer look at the biological and technological possibilities behind enhancing canine communication.

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 9d

The press release for our "Talking dogs" review.

🐕🎤

ethology.elte.hu/en/content/t...

The Talking Dog Dream: What Science Says About It

ethology.elte.hu

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · 11d

My amazing team members💞

Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · 11d

Last Friday the Dept. of Ethology held the Dog Ethology Conference 🐾 for the owners who volunteer in our studies.

Our postdoc Rita Lenkei spoke about our review of “Talking Dogs,” PhD student Balázs Szigeti volunteered, and PhD student Franceska Furik was in the organizing team.

#DogScience

Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · 22d

💞💞 Dogs are Amazing 💞💞

Congrats to my dear friend @asommese.bsky.social and the Gifted Dog's team for this achievement.

Andrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · 23d

Excited to share the latest (but still not the last!) study I had the chance to work on with the Family Dog Project 🐶🇭🇺

We found that Gifted Word Learner dogs' talent goes beyond what we expected; they can generalise words based on function, not just looks.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dogs extend verbal labels for functional classification of objects

The relationship between language and human thought is an ongoing debate,1 and it has been proposed that language shapes object categorization.2 Words…

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Sep 7

Simón wishes you a great Sunday 💜

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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · Aug 20

We need to collectively stop legitimizing predatory journals like the MDPI and "Frontiers" journals: don't give them your labor and don't send manuscripts to them (and certainly don't pay them!). I also have been trying my best to remove them from class syllabi as well. 4/4

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our P.I., and dog vocalization expert @tamsa42.bsky.social gave this nice interview during #CSF2025

Check it out if you are curious about our work on dog vocal communication and vocal learning :)

www.linkedin.com/posts/dogs-a...

#dogethology #dogcommunication #bioacousticsresearch #canineethology | Dogs and Science

What can your dog’s barks and growls really tell you? At the Canine Science Forum 2025, our Social Media Manager, Jennifer Somers, sat down with canine ethologist and bioacoustician Dr. Tamás Faragó...

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Aug 28

#royalsocietyopenscience

Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Aug 28

We found that pigs did perform orientation alternations, although to a lesser extent than dogs (dogs are still the champions of social cognition, right?).

We discuss this positive result in relation to the task setting and the fact that the pigs were adults this time, so perhaps more experienced.

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Aug 28

This might be my last dog–pig comparative study (or who knows?).

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Companion pigs alternate orientation between humans and snout-inaccessible targets | Royal Society Open Science

Previous research on intensely human-socialized pigs found no evidence for orientation alternations to direct human attention to an inaccessible target, the benchmark behaviour that in many other spec...

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Aug 28

💜💜💜 thanks for sharing Christian 🐽

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Laura V. Cuaya @lauveri.bsky.social · Aug 26

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A turquoise square image with the heading “Debut (Taylor Swift)” in large cursive and handwritten fonts. Below, it reads: “Emily E. Bray and colleagues discovered that dogs make their Debut in the world with A Perfectly Good Mind.”
At the bottom is a photo of a happy black-and-white Border Collie named Rohan, wearing an ID badge. Text under the photo says: “Rohan – Our very first dog friend in Budapest.” In the center is a large green heart icon.

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jul 30

So happy to see this article finally published!

I wish you have as much fun reading it as we did writing it!

Congrats to my amazing co-authors 💞❤️

Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our first paper is out!!🐕🎤

Talking dogs? How realistic is it?
We explore the scientific, cultural, and technological aspects of speech-like communication in dogs, and argue that while they excel at human-directed communication, spoken language may not be feasible or even desirable.

#dogscience

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Behavioural and Acoustics Research for K9 Sounds @barkslab.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are happy to introduce ourselves to the research community. Who are we? What do we do?
📍 BARKS Lab is a research group at the Department of Ethology, ELTE University.
🐕 We’re exploring vocal learning in dogs, backed by an ERC Consolidator Grant
#ethology #animalbehaviour #caninescience #vocal

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is a short, popular science article I wrote about one of our latest projects

www.elte.hu/content/do-w...

Do wild animals have a favourite human? A study with hand-raised wild boars

Az ELTE VII. Tudománykommunikációs Versenyén 2. helyezést elért cikk.

www.elte.hu

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jul 8

❤️🎉 Congrats 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jul 7

Muchos nos estáis preguntando por redCIBA y por las actividades que desarrollamos en ella.
os dejamos un pequeño resumen de nuestros objetivos y de cómo haceros socios

#redCIBA #BienestarAnimal #etologia #produccionanimal #sostenible #welfare #onehealth

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Dog Aging Project @dogagingproject.bsky.social · Jun 30

If you think it's hot outside, it's even hotter for your doggo! 🌞 Here's a quick summer safety tip and a reminder for when you need to go out and about. 🚗

Check out our blog post for more summer safety tips: dogagingproject.org/the-dog-days....

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jun 24

💜And here my other favourite species 💜

www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/universit...

Pigs are more attentive when addressed by humans

A recently published study by the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna investigated the effect of human cues on the attentiveness and behavior of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus). Just like d...

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jun 24

4 days of Canine Science!
🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐺

#CSF2025

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · Jun 3

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I have loved this paradigm since the first time I saw it at a conference :)
So cool!!

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · May 17

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pigs solve a cooperative task without showing a clear understanding of the need for a partner - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Pigs solve a cooperative task without showing a clear understanding of the need for a partner

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · May 17

Besides the Teide itself, los gigantes and masca are worth visiting :)

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · May 13

So happy to see this finally published!

We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure.

The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life.

Congratulations, Kimberly!

www.nature.com/articles/s41....

Human ostension enhances attentiveness but not performance in domestic pigs - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Human ostension enhances attentiveness but not performance in domestic pigs

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Paula Pérez Fraga @paulapefraga.bsky.social · May 13

¡So cool!

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