Spatial encoding in domestic cats (Felis catus).

Fiset, Sylvain; Doré, François Y.

doi:10.1037/0097-7403.22.4.420

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“…Our data are to some extent discrepant with those of Fiset and Dore ´(1996). In their study (see Experiment 3), the cats had to recover a target that had been hidden behind one of the three screens displayed in a row in front of the cat.…”

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Decision making and interference in the domestic cat (Felis catus).

Dumas¹,

St-Louis²,

Routhier³

2006

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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Domestic cats (Felis catus) received a task in which an obstacle was introduced at the time they were ready to reach for 1 among 2 or 3 baited targets. The results revealed that when the initially chosen direction (i.e., before the introduction of the obstacle) and the new one were orthogonal, the cats reassessed distance, angular deviation, and visibility once they had turned around the obstacle (Experiments 1, 2, and 3). Then the cats chose a different target than the one that would have been chosen had there been no obstacle. When both the initially chosen and the new direction matched (Experiment 4), the cats kept intact their initial decision. The discussion focuses on the nature of the representational system of the cat. The discussion also emphasizes comparisons with dogs (i.e., cooperative hunters).

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Decision making and interference in the domestic cat (Felis catus).

Dumas¹,

St-Louis²,

Routhier³

2006

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…Spotted hyenas have territories that can reach up to 320 km 2 , varying in size with the seasons (Trinkel, Fleischmann, Steindorfer, & Kastberger, 2004), so like wolves and dogs they must be capable of long-range navigation. On the smaller scale, cats are good at locating hidden objects, though relying primarily on egocentric cues (Fiset & Doré, 1996); European badgers have been shown to learn simple spatial discriminations well, using landmarks (Mellgren & Roper, 1986); while American black bears were shown to have comparatively modest spatial learning ability (Zamisch & Vonk, 2012). Perdue, Snyder, Zhihe, Marr, and Maple (2011) found that giant pandas showed sex differences in spatial ability, with males showing greater ability than females, whereas Asian short-clawed otters did not; these results are in accordance with Gaulin and Fitzgerald’s (1986) range size hypothesis, since panda males have larger home ranges than females, but short-clawed otter males do not.…”

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In what sense are dogs special? Canine cognition in comparative context

Lea

Osthaus

2018

Learn Behav

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The great increase in the study of dog cognition in the current century has yielded insights into canine cognition in a variety of domains. In this review, we seek to place our enhanced understanding of canine cognition into context. We argue that in order to assess dog cognition, we need to regard dogs from three different perspectives: phylogenetically, as carnivoran and specifically a canid; ecologically, as social, cursorial hunters; and anthropogenically, as a domestic animal. A principled understanding of canine cognition should therefore involve comparing dogs’ cognition with that of other carnivorans, other social hunters, and other domestic animals. This paper contrasts dog cognition with what is known about cognition in species that fit into these three categories, with a particular emphasis on wolves, cats, spotted hyenas, chimpanzees, dolphins, horses, and pigeons. We cover sensory cognition, physical cognition, spatial cognition, social cognition, and self-awareness. Although the comparisons are incomplete, because of the limited range of studies of some of the other relevant species, we conclude that dog cognition is influenced by the membership of all three of these groups, and taking all three groups into account, dog cognition does not look exceptional.

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“…Relevant data from other species is sparse; there is only scant evidence for a preference for egocentric vs. allocentric cognitive strategies, although what there is mostly suggests an allocentric advantage [Chimpanzee (39); rats (40); cats (41); but see dogs (42) and a gorilla infant (43)]. However, none of these experiments, with infant or animal, used a strictly relational paradigm.…”

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Cognitive cladistics and cultural override in Hominid spatial cognition

Haun

Rapold

Call

et al. 2006

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Current approaches to human cognition often take a strong nativist stance based on Western adult performance, backed up where possible by neonate and infant research and almost never by comparative research across the Hominidae. Recent research suggests considerable cross-cultural differences in cognitive strategies, including relational thinking, a domain where infant research is impossible because of lack of cognitive maturation. Here, we apply the same paradigm across children and adults of different cultures and across all nonhuman great ape genera. We find that both child and adult spatial cognition systematically varies with language and culture but that, nevertheless, there is a clear inherited bias for one spatial strategy in the great apes. It is reasonable to conclude, we argue, that language and culture mask the native tendencies in our species. This cladistic approach suggests that the correct perspective on human cognition is neither nativist uniformitarian nor ''blank slate'' but recognizes the powerful impact that language and culture can have on our shared primate cognitive biases. cognitive evolution ͉ cultural differences ͉ great apes

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Spatial encoding in domestic cats (Felis catus).

Cited by 18 publications

References 29 publications

Decision making and interference in the domestic cat (Felis catus).

Decision making and interference in the domestic cat (Felis catus).

In what sense are dogs special? Canine cognition in comparative context

Cognitive cladistics and cultural override in Hominid spatial cognition

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