{"id":5578,"date":"2022-05-27T04:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2022-05-27T04:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T12:56:29","slug":"feline-fun-friday-does-your-cat-know-her-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5578","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday \u2013 Does Your Cat Know Her Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OliviaDay5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OliviaDay5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OliviaDay5-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OliviaDay5-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Olivia comes running (or strolling) almost every time I call her name. I say <em>almost<\/em> because, well, you know how cats are. They are predictable in that they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p>If you read about cats, you may have noticed an <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RIPpaws-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RIPpaws-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RIPpaws-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/RIPpaws-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>increase in studies about cats. Recently I came across this report of a study designed to further test the intelligence and awareness of the cat. It\u2019s well known that cats recognize their own names when called or mentioned. They don\u2019t always respond as we would like them to, but they will often respond with at least an ear wiggle <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-500x388.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>or an eyelid lift. But a group of researchers began to wonder, do cats recognize the names of the other cats in the household? I\u2019m not sure why we need to know this, but it\u2019s kind of an interesting concept.<\/p>\n<p>This new study indicates that cats may very<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CatMolliepeek-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> well recognize the names of other cats in the household as well as some of the people. Researchers determined this by showing pictures and videos with audio of people and cats in a particular cat\u2019s household and then using that person\u2019s or that cat\u2019s name. The most important part of this study was when they used the wrong name for the people or the cats in the household. Apparently the cats spent more time looking at the video or the photographs when the researcher used the wrong name, causing them to conclude that the cat was confused. More about this study here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/more-one-cat-research-suggests-153154093.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/more-one-cat-research-suggests-153154093.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia comes running (or strolling) almost every time I call her name. I say almost because, well, you know how cats are. They are predictable in that they\u2019re not. 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