Many cat owners probably have no doubt that their pets understand human speech well. And now this has been confirmed from a scientific point of view. Japanese researchers have found that cats can match words with images and objects.
The experiment involved 31 cats. The animals were shown images on the laptop several times, at the same time the cats heard words that denote them. Then they were shown pictures, but some words did not correspond to them. And the cats noticed it. Moreover, they remembered information faster than children at the age of 14 months.
Cat lovers were not even surprised by the result of the research.
Scientists also say that cats remember both their own names and the names of other pets. In addition, they remember the names of all members of their owner’s family.
Cats were domesticated almost 10,000 years ago. Now scientists want to understand whether they acquired the ability to remember words as a result of communicating with people or this quality was inherent in them initially.
