A small team of animal scientists at Azabu University, in Japan, has found via experimentation that common house cats are capable of associating human words with images without prompting or reward.

"My cat runs off as fast as he can because he thinks I'm gonna bring him in," commented one viewer under the viral video.

Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.

TikTok users loved the sweet video of the cat and the boyfriend's bonding moment: a "new main human," said one viewer.

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In research using laptop screens, cats quickly learned to associate sounds and animations. Image credit: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.

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The finding suggests that cats are aware of their own body sizes and may form mental images of themselves. Pongrácz, of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, tested dogs in a lab and showed ...

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Cats can learn words faster than human babies, a new study has found. The felines have been living alongside humans for ...