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Persistent Memory in Cats is Created by Doing, Not by Seeing

Posted by CynthiaL on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 2:39 am. Comments are off.

Cats remember where their paws have been. Researchers from the Department of Physiology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, report that cats can create memories of their environment without having to rely on vision. Stepping over and touching a physical obstacle with their forelegs creates a memory of the obstacle that persists for [...]

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