Are Cats Smarter Than Dogs? New Study Fueling The Debate

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new study is coming out that adds fuel to the debate over which is smarter, cats or dogs.

A team at Vanderbilt University studied the brains of both.

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They found that dogs have roughly double the number of cortical neurons in their brains compared to cats.

According to a professor who worked on the study, the findings show dogs are more biologically capable of doing more complex things.