“I get that a lot — ‘Well, I knew that, I know that cats like to interact with me,’” said Kristyn Vitale, an animal behavior scientist at Oregon State University and lead author of the new study, tell
sDr. Vitale says since scientists have been conflicted about whether cats do in fact form attachments to their owners and family members, she decided to design the study to explicitly test cats and their relationships with their humans. It’s the first in-depth social experiment for felines of its kind.
For the span of six minutes, the cat and kitten owners entered an unfamiliar room with their pets. After two minutes, the owner left the room, leaving the cat or kitten alone — which can totally stress out an animal. When the owner returned two minutes later, the researchers observed the cats’ response.
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