Cat Cognition

Question 1

what is cognition

Answer 1

storing, processing, memory, reasoning, etc

Question 2

cat social cognition

Answer 2

-socialization is the process in which appropriate social behaviours are developed between cat-cat
-same processes in cat-human relationship

Question 3

object permanence

Answer 3

-toys and food
-visible displacement: cats are good at this, needed for hunting
-invisible displacement: (the ability to track the movement of a hidden object after seeing that object placed in, under, or behind an occluder and moved into or behind a second occluder) cats aren’t so good at this. dogs are much better

Question 4

cat memory

Answer 4

-information retention
-working memory
-delay in finding the item
-up to 30 seconds
-long term?
-aging can affect mem

Question 5

cats and human cues

Answer 5

-sensitivity to human cues has been demonstrated
-cats followed human cues that indicated location of hidden food reward
-originally thought that cats dont utilize gazing as attention-getting behaviour but later this was found to be wrong
-cats can distinguish voices of their owners vs strangers
-purring is a form of communication, found to be the same frequency as human babies