[HTML][HTML] What is a companion animal? An ethological approach based on Tinbergen's four questions. Critical review

P Pongrácz, P Dobos - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Having one or more non-human animals in our company became a steadily growing custom
around the world. The terminology that describes these non-consumable animals …

[HTML][HTML] Predator for hire: the curious case of man's best independent friend, the cat

P Pongrácz, CA Lugosi - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Cats have shared the anthropogenic niche with humans for ten thousand years, while their
role as an initially self-domesticated pest-controller (mostly hunting rodents), has barely …

Cats are (almost) liquid!—Cats selectively rely on body size awareness when negotiating short openings

P Pongrácz - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Various animal species can make a priori decisions about the passability of openings,
based on their own size knowledge. So far no one has tested the ability for self …

Dogs outperform cats both in their testability and relying on human pointing gestures: a comparative study

A Salamon, S Uccheddu, M Csepregi, Á Miklósi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The dog is a so far unique species to study interspecific communication and a promising
evolutionary model for preverbal human communication. Recently cats were reported to …

[HTML][HTML] Feline Cognition and the Role of Nutrition: An Evolutionary Perspective and Historical Review

AP McGrath, DJ Horschler, L Hancock - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The cognitive health of cats is closely related to their well-being and
quality of life. Feline cognition encompasses cats' ability to receive, process, and respond to …

Object permanence in domestic cats (Felis catus) using violation-of-expectancy by owner and stranger

J Forman, JS Rowe, DA Leavens - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Object permanence, the understanding that objects continue to exist while out of sight, has
been extensively researched in human infants and animals. Cats have been shown to reach …

The Effect of Transparency on Unsolvable Task Engagement in Domestic Cats (Felis catus) using Citizen Science

J Forman, D Leavens - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Multiple species of animal are known to display different behaviours and have varying
degrees of problem-solving task success when faced with transparent, semi-transparent or …