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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/584e00b2-4749-44e7-bb4c-fe7fe6a162e8_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Cats Recognize Their Own Names, But May Not Come When You Call' data-article-id='3784'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11479'>Studies show that human beings and cats have been living together for about 9,500 years.</span> <span data-start-time='11479' data-end-time='15417'>Dogs have lived with humans longer than cats.</span> <span data-start-time='15417' data-end-time='22938'>Dogs are domesticated, meaning they have been trained to do what people want them to do.</span> <span data-start-time='22938' data-end-time='31000'>As cat owners know well, cats do not obey humans in the same way dogs do.</span> <span data-start-time='31000' data-end-time='39521'>In fact, some scientists claim that cats have trained us to take care of them.</span> <span data-start-time='39521' data-end-time='48833'>As a result, many people have come to think that maybe cats simply do not understand human language.</span> <span data-start-time='48833' data-end-time='60229'>A report in the scientific journal Nature shows that cats understand human beings well enough to recognize their own names.</span> <span data-start-time='60229' data-end-time='67083'>The report describes a series of experiments with house cats in Japan.</span> <span data-start-time='67083' data-end-time='74583'>These tests involved having people say four words that were similar to a cat&rsquo;s name.</span> <span data-start-time='74583' data-end-time='81625'>Each word had the same number of syllables as the name and some of the same sounds.</span> <span data-start-time='81625' data-end-time='88021'>The cats seemed to lose interest after the speaker said a few of the words.</span> <span data-start-time='88021' data-end-time='91979'>Then the person said the cat&rsquo;s name.</span> <span data-start-time='91979' data-end-time='97396'>The cats moved their ears or turned their head when they heard their names.</span> <span data-start-time='97396' data-end-time='104708'>They also moved their feet or bodies very little; not a surprising result.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/0C1CD606-3BDA-4468-A762-1EB332AE5E18_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12694 data-hint-location='15417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/what_does_domesticate_mean.wav'>What does domesticate mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to breed or train an animal to need and accept the care of human beings'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/to_agree_completely.wav'><span>to agree completely</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/to_read_quickly.wav'><span>to read quickly</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/to_study.wav'><span>to study</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/to_breed_or_train_an_animal_to_need_and_accept_the_care_of_human_beings.wav'><span>to breed or train an animal to need and accept the care of human beings</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12695 data-hint-location='22938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/as_cat_owners_know_well_cats_do_not_obey_humans_in_the_same_way_what_do.wav'>As cat owners know well, cats do not obey humans in the same way what do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='dogs'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/birds.wav'><span>birds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/insects.wav'><span>insects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/penguins.wav'><span>penguins</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/dogs.wav'><span>dogs</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12696 data-hint-location='81625' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/the_cats_seemed_to_lose__blank__after_the_speaker_said_a_few_of_the_words.wav'>The cats seemed to lose <span class='blank'>interest</span> after the speaker said a few of the words.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='interest'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/color.wav'><span>color</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/interest.wav'><span>interest</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/hope.wav'><span>hope</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3271/intelligence.wav'><span>intelligence</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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