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The latest in cat research reveals that the lovely animal seems to have a ba
The latest in cat research reveals that the lovely animal seems to have a ba
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2024-01-23
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The latest in cat research reveals that the lovely animal seems to have a basic grasp on both the laws of physics and the ins and outs of cause and effect.
According to a newly published study, cats seem to be able to predict the location of hiding prey (猎物) using both their ears and an inborn (天生的) understanding of how the physical world works.
In a recent experiment, Japanese researchers taped 30 domestic cats reacting to a container that a team member shook. Some containers rattled (发出响声) : others did not. When the container was tipped over, sometimes an object fell out and sometimes it didn’ t.
It turns out that the cats were remarkably smart about what would happen when a container was tipped over. When an object did not drop out of the bottom of a rattling container, they looked at it for a longer time than they did when the container behaved as expected.
"Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects," lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release. The researchers conclude that cats’ hunting style may have developed based on their common-sense abilities to infer where prey is, using their hearing.
Scientists have explored this idea with other endearing creatures: babies. Like cats, babies appear to engage in what’s called "preferential looking" —looking longer at things that are interesting or unusual than things they perceive as normal.
When babies’ expectations are violated in experiments like the ones performed with the cats, they react much like their animal friends. Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to comply with the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.
Does the study mean that cats will soon grasp the ins and outs of cause and effect? Maybe. Okay, so cats may not be the next physics faculty members at America’ s most important research universities. But by demonstrating their common sense, they’ ve shown that the divide between cats and humans may not be that great after all. [br] In what way do babies behave like cats?
选项
A、They focus on what appears odd.
B、They view the world as normal.
C、They do what they prefer to do.
D、They are curious about everything.
答案
A
解析
细节题。原文第六段第二句指出,像猫一样,婴儿也会对那些有趣的事物或他们认为不同寻常的事物看的时间长一些。由此可知,A项表述符合原文,故答案为A。B、D两项原文均未提及,故排除。C项与原文表述不符,原文是指婴儿会“优先观望”他们觉得有趣或不同寻常的事物,而不是做他们愿意做的事情,故排除。
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