Your cat may act indifferent, but deep down, he or she is as attached to you as your child or your dog, new research shows.
"In both dogs and cats, attachment to humans may represent an adaptation of the offspring-caretaker bond," said Kristyn Vitale. She's a researcher in the Human-Animal Interaction Lab at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
To gauge cat and human bonding, Vitale's team gave cats a test similar to one used to study attachment behaviors in babies and dogs. In the test, the cat spent two minutes in a new environment with their caregiver, followed by two minutes alone and, finally, a two-minute reunion. The takeaway: Cats bond to their people like babies do to parents. Among people, 65% of infants are securely attached to their caregiver.
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