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Don’t worry, your pets can remember you, too

A cat and dog lying together.
A cat and dog lying together. Image: VP Photo Studio (Shutterstock)

Just in case you’re worried, research shows that both our cats and dogs can readily remember things about their lives with you.

Studies have suggested that both dogsand cats possess episodic memory, for instance, or the ability to recall uniquely personal events that occur regularly. And while dogs are thought to have a better sense of memory in general, more recent research has shown that cats can recall the names given to them by their owners as well as the names of their cat friends.