People think dogs are more than cats. Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University questioned this . They found cats were as smart as dogs at memory tests. Cat have always known this. They looked at well 49 cats could recall a event. This is called episodic . The cats ate from different bowls. The team found that after a 15-minute , the cats could recall what they had eaten from.
The cats were as good as dogs in to gestures and expressions. A researcher said cats think about past similar to the we do. She said: "They may enjoy recalling memories of their experience, like ." She said episodic memory is a of introspective or deeper thinking. The research may suggest a of consciousness in cats. Understanding cats will help to establish better cat-human .
