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You know that you love your cat, but does your cat love you back?

Cats have long had a reputation as standoffish pets, especially compared with dogs.

What many cat owners will tell you that the cat human bond can run deep.

In recent years, research on cat behavior has begun to back up that intuition.

Scientists are studying the relationships we form with our cats

and are gaining new insight into cats' social and cognitive abilities.

They're finding that cats may be far more socially smart than they usually get credit for.

So how do researchers study cat psychology?

How do we know whether our cats are as emotionally attached to us as we are to them?

What about individual differences among cats? Why do some cats

love to play with humans while others prefer to hang out under the bed most of the time? How much of those

differences are due to nature and how much to nurture? Finally, how can you use what researchers

are learning about cat behavior to make your cat's life better?

And of course, how can you train your cat not to scratch the couch?

Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association

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