From time to time, many people may think about what really goes on in the minds of dogs, who have been our close friends for tens of thousands of years. A new study by scientists at Eötvös Lorand University shed some light on this curiosity. Scientists find objects near dogs’many kinds of mental imageshe revealed. So what does this mean?

These skills allow dogs to invent an object, according to new research published in Animal Cognition. visualizes many sensory aspects† For example, he can imagine what the object looks or smells like. The new discovery could help us understand how a dog feels about that toy when they’re looking for their favorite toy.

Dogs can create an object in their head using several senses:

The dogs studied in the study were “selected” dogs that differed from each other and could remember the names of objects. In their first experiment, scientists 3 selected dogs and 10 typical family dogs taught him to choose in exchange for a reward. The dogs were rewarded for managing to choose the toys that suited them, among other toys.

The experiment of choosing a particular toy, which was always placed between four toys, took place in both light and non-light environments. It has been observed that dogs can find their toys in the dark for longer. After this experiment, the second experiment was started. If this experiment only selected dogs joined.

In this experiment, scientists wanted to know what dogs were thinking when the toy name was mentioned. Chosen dogs, called toys by their owners in both light and dark environments managed to choose. This revealed that when dogs hear the name of a toy, they imagine the connotation of that toy in different meanings. Dogs were also seen to rely more on their eyes than on their noses in the light and their noses in the dark.