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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi. To re-use a reference, please see this page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 05:52, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Feedback

Make sure that your lead section summarised all the major points of the article, and that it doesn't contain any information that isn't in the body of the article. For example, you say

Much of what is known about feline cognition has been inferred from a combination of owner-reported behaviour, brain necropsies, and comparative cognitive neurology of related animal models

but I can't find mention of necropsies or owner-reported behaviour in the body of the article. If it's in the lead, it must be in the body of the article.

You shouldn't include information about diet that isn't specific to cognitive support. For example

There are 8 water soluble B vitamins: thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyridoxine (B6), biotin (B7), folate (B9) and cobolamin (B12), all of which play a direct or indirect role in energy metabolism and cellular functions. [14] The role of each vitamin in mammalian cognitive processes has been well researched, and due to similar deficiency symptoms across species, it is generally accepted that the B vitamins have similar functions in analogous mammalian brains.

isn't specific to the topic. You should just link to whatever section of the cat or cat food article discusses this

One long-term study, however, found that cats who were fed supporting nutrients, including B vitamins, saw significantly greater cognitive benefits than cats fed only to meet the minimum requirement.

You should avoid writing about the findings of single research studies. How does this compare to the broader body of research? Was it typical? Was it atypical? Was it the only study ever done? This is why Wikipedia articles are supposed to be based on secondary sources (review articles) or tertiary ones (like textbooks) because they are written by experts who have (presumably) looked at the literature in context. Picking one study and presenting it without context runs big risks of cherrypicking.

In addition, your section headers should not to capitalised. Only proper nouns should be capitalised. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:54, 4 December 2017 (UTC)