Cats (Felis silvestris catus) read human gaze for referential information

Volume: 74, Pages: 43 - 52
Published: May 1, 2019
Abstract
Companion cats often occupy the same anthropogenic niche as dogs in human families. Still, cat cognition remains an underrepresented research subject in ethology. Our goal was to examine whether two components that are crucial in dog-human communicative interactions (sensitivity to ostensive signals; gaze following) are also present in cats. In a two-object choice task, we used dynamic and momentary gazing in ostensive and non-ostensive...
Paper Details
Title
Cats (Felis silvestris catus) read human gaze for referential information
Published Date
May 1, 2019
Volume
74
Pages
43 - 52
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