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We tend to see house cats as aloof and independent, mostly preferring to engage in their own kitty business.

But that assumption may be littered with error.

Because a new study finds that given a choice,

Fluffy would probably pick you over her favorite toy or treat.

The research, which might give cat owners paws,

a purrs in the journal behavioral processes.

Scientists have analyzed what dogs like,

and cotton-top tamarins, galapagos tortoises, even giant pandas.

But Kristen Vitale Shre, a grad student at Oregon State University, realized that no one had ever really put feline predilections to the test. So Shreve and her team got 25 house cats and 25 shelter

cats and stuck each in a room with a set of several items.

In the first round of tests, kitties got to spend time with objects in four different categories.

Toys, like a feather or a stuffed mouse, odors like a cloth that smells of catnip or a gerbil,

food like tuna or chicken, and a human who would pet them or

talk to them or play with them. In the final round, the top item from each category would be

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