Cats could be learning words faster than human babies, study suggests
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Cats can learn words faster than human babies, a new study has found. A recent study suggests that the pets have the ability to associate words with specific objects or images even faster than human infants do. The research led by Saho Takagi, cognitive scientist from Abazu University in Japan and the lead author of the study, suggested that cats might be "hard-wired" to learn aspects of human language.