How to Test a Cat's Memory

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Tip 1 - This 8th Grader Wants to Measure Your Cat's IQ

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dominique Grelet | permalink

How do you measure the intelligence of a cat? This 8th grader has designed a cat IQ test and needs the help of your cat!

For further reading: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/finding-the-next-einstein/201205/8th-grader-wants-measure-your-cats-iq ^[1]

Tip 2 - Do Cats Have Long-Term Memory?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Edward Strauhs | permalink

You scolded Kitty just yesterday for playing in the blinds, but today he's at it again. Stunts such as this might make you think Kitty can't remember anything for more than a few minutes. But ...

For further reading: http://pets.thenest.com/cats-longterm-memory-8646.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Cats' Short-Term Memory Lasts About 10 Minutes | Fox News

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lee St Clair | permalink

Feline motion memory found to last about 10 minutes in Canadian experiments; visual memory lasted only a few seconds.

For further reading: http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/08/21/cats-short-term-memory-lasts-about-10-minutes.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - The Cat-vs.-Dog IQ Debate Revisited

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Diane Pacheco | permalink

Which are smarter: dogs or cats? This IQ debate has been raising the hackles of dog and cat lovers for decades, if not centuries. And dogs usually win paws-down. For one thing, dogs have larger brains than cats, and the larger the brain, the smarter the animal -- or so the theory goes.
Tags: the, cat-vs.-dog, iq, debate, revisited, science

For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-liebmannsmith-phd/the-cat-vs-dog-iq-debate-revisited_b_1572610.html ^[4]