Knowing one's name is a skill more often associated with dogs than cats, but new research has revealed that cats can recall its own name, and one research indicates that they can even understand much more.
Japanese researchers revealed that cats can learn not only their own names, but also the names of their human owners as well as other cats they live with in a recent study (read below) published in Nature.
The study concentrated on cats in multi-cat households and cat cafes, which are renowned in Japan and allow guests to visit and socialize with up to 50 cats at once.
Researchers showed photographs of cats to a cat that was acquainted with them before playing either an audio clip of the owner pronouncing the cat's name or an inaccurate name. The study found that cats in multi-cat households glanced at the picture for longer when the erroneous name was played, implying that they were perplexed by the discrepancy.
Cats in cat cafés did not exhibit similar tendenc...
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