Study Finds: Pets Can Tell Time And Use It To Judge Humans

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    New study finds ‘timing cells’ in the brain may underlie an animal’s inner clock

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    Does your dog know that it took you twice as long to get its food as it took yesterday? There wasn’t a good answer for that before,” said Daniel Dombeck, who led the study.

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    When planning the study, Dombeck’s team focused on the medial entorhinal cortex, an area located in the brain’s temporal lobe that is associated with memory and navigation.

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    To test this theory, researchers created a virtual test for their mice subjects called the “door stop task.”

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    This discovery of “timing cells” means your cat is likely aware when you are 10 minutes late with his breakfast so don't be surprised when you get the judgmental face

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