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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 of purr in the journal Current Biology.

Although kitties are a popular pet, more people own cats and dogs here in the US,

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 Vatale, a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University.

To explore the cat caregiver connection, Vatale 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 our 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, Vatalia and company observe their reunion, and they saw that the feelings

displayed a variety of catitudes.

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