Experiments have shown that cats know the names of cats they live with at home, a research group such as Kyoto University announced, and this is the first result of exploring how much cats are learning human language. It is said that.
To find out if a cat understands a person's words, research groups such as Kyoto University and Azabu University say that if you listen to the words and show the image, it will take longer to stare at the image when the relationship is not understood. By applying the psychological research methods used in human babies, we conducted an experiment to see how well a cat knew the name of another cat.
The experiment was conducted by collecting 19 cats from homes raised with 3 or more cats, and when the image of the cat that is different from the name of the cat that lives together was shown on the monitor, the image matches the image. On average, it took a second or so longer to stare at it, indicating that they knew the name of the cat they lived with.
Also, when we investigated whether the owner's name was known by the same method, although there was no clear difference, it was found that the larger the number of family members living together and the longer the breeding period, the more likely it was to remember the owner's name. It means that.
Saho Takagi, a researcher at Azabu University, said, "I did an experiment because I like cats. This is the first result of exploring how much a cat is learning a language. It seems that you are listening to the words. "