猫知道它们的名字——为什么对它们来说比狗难？

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原文：

Cats know their names—why it's harder for them than dogs

New research in Japan's cat cafes reveals our pet felines are more attuned to us than we thought.

By Carrie Arnold

Cats know many things: how to catch mice, what the sound of the can opener means, and even how to take over the internet.

But the one question cat expert Atsuko Saito always gets is whether cats recognize their own names, an ability that's well known in dogs.

In a new study in the journal Scientific Reports, the psychologist at Tokyo’s Sophia University showed that they do know their names—even when called by a stranger.

Cats are Saito’s favorite animal, and after studying primate cognition in graduate school, she set her research sights on the oft-misunderstood pets. (Is everything you think about cats wrong?)

“I love cats. They’re so cute and so selfish. When they want to be touched, they’ll come by me, but when they want to be left alone, they’ll just leave,” she says, laughing.

Her past experiments have revealed cats can interpret human gestures to find hidden food, recognize their owner’s voice, and beg for food from a person who looks at them and calls their name—all of which suggested that felines know their names.

翻译：

猫知道它们的名字——为什么对它们来说比狗难？

日本猫咖啡馆的一项新研究表明，我们的宠物猫比我们想象中更能适应我们。

作者：Carrie Arnold

猫懂的很多：怎么抓老鼠，开罐器的声音代表什么，甚至如何接管互联网。（指人们把猫咪的照片贴到互联网上）

但是猫专家Atsuko Saito经常被问到的一个问题是，猫能否识别自己的名字，这种能力在狗身上是众所周知的。

《科学报告》杂志上的一项新研究中，东京上智大学的心理学家表明，它们确实知道自己的名字，哪怕是被陌生人叫到。

猫咪是Saito最喜欢的动物，在研究院研究了灵长类动物的认知后，她把研究方向设定在常被人误解的宠物身上。（你对猫的看法都是错的吗？）

我爱猫咪，它们那么可爱，又那么自私。当它们想要被抚摸时，就会跑到我身边，但当它们想要独处时，就会离开。她笑着说到。

她在过去的实验中发现，猫咪能通过解读人类的手势找到隐藏的食物，识别主人的声音，还可以向一个看着它们并叫出它们名字的人乞求食物——所有这些都表明，猫咪知道它们的名字。