The new study ‘The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat-human communication’, published online in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, has shown for the first time that it is possible to build rapport with a cat by using an eye narrowing technique with them. This eye narrowing action by humans generates something popularly known as a cat smile – the so called “slow blink” – and seems to make the human more attractive to the cat. Eye narrowing movements in cats have some parallels with the genuine smile in humans (the Duchenne smile), as well as eye narrowing movements given in positive situations in some other species. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uos-ffh100720.php
“The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73426-0
“I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
The new study ‘The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat-human communication’, published online in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, has shown for the first time that it is possible to build rapport with a cat by using an eye narrowing technique with them. This eye narrowing action by humans generates something popularly known as a cat smile – the so called “slow blink” – and seems to make the human more attractive to the cat. Eye narrowing movements in cats have some parallels with the genuine smile in humans (the Duchenne smile), as well as eye narrowing movements given in positive situations in some other species. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uos-ffh100720.php
“The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat–human communication” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73426-0
“I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
“Are Cats Domesticated?” (the New Yorker) https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/are-cats-domesticated
“Herding cats: Don’t let anyone tell you it’s easy”