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This is Scientific Americans' 60-second science. I'm Hopkin. When we think about pets, we often consider dogs to be overly attentive and cats, well, a bit more aloof. But a new study shows that cats can become attached to their humans and will turn to that person for comfort in times of stress. The findings appear in the journal Current Biology.

Although kitties are a popular pet, more people own cats than dogs here in the U.S.,

there are a few studies that examine how the furtive felines feel about their owners.

There has actually been relatively little research into the cat-human bond,

especially when we compare it to the

number of research studies with dogs and humans. Kristen Vitale, a postdoctoral scholar at

Oregon State University. To explore the cat caregiver connection, Vitale and her colleagues turn to a test

that's been used to assess bonding behavior in puppies, apes, and even infants.

The researchers would show a cat and its owner to an unfamiliar room and leave them there for two

minutes, at which point the owner would depart, leaving the cat on its own.

We know that in human infants, attachment behaviors toward their parents are heightened

in response to a frightening or novel situation.

So in this case, the experience of the cat being in the novel room alone, acts as a strange

situation and allows us to observe if the cat directs any attachment behavior to the owner

when they then come back to the room. When the owners returned, Vitale and Company would observe their reunion, and they saw

that the felines displayed a variety of catitudes.

So some cats greeted their owner, and then they returned to exploring the room while periodically

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