Cats can communicate to some extent with humans. Another characteristic is
that a cat hardly adapts to an environment after getting used to another. A
house cat is jumpy at sounds to which it should be familiar. When a cat is
disturbed, it is very likely that PSM was activated.
At first sight, cats have a brain with a reduced capacity to build new models.
At the same time, due to a weak instinct of defending its territory (some cats
accept mice around them), one can suppose that the cat's model of the
territory is very primitive. The most probable situation is that a cat can
build new models only when very young. After some time it looses the capacity
to build long-range models and uses mainly short-range models, guided by
primitive long-range models and many solutions based on the action of PSM.
In fact, all predators having few enemies have the tendency to use more short-
range efficient models, than long-range models. Thus, intelligence, which is
an indicator of the capacity to build and operate long-range models, is not
stimulated in predators. Animal intelligence is stimulated by the presence and
interaction with humans, and also by an aggresive environment.
It is important to note that in spite of the fact that the lack of external
danger is not a stimulus to develop the functions of the brain, the potential
of the predators brain is relatively high. This is why, even if predators do
not look too intelligent, they can surprise us in critical situations.