貓咪可能比你想象的更愛(ài)你

Cats have a rotten reputation as a cold and distant domesticated animal - at least compared to their main competitor, known as "man's best friend (dogs) ".

作為一種冷漠而疏離的家養(yǎng)動(dòng)物，貓咪的名聲并不太好，至少與它們的主要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，"人類(lèi)最好的朋友(狗狗)"相比是這樣。

But Oregon State University researchers concluded that cats really do actually love their humans - or at the very least, see them as parents or caregivers - after conducting a study on kittens, modeled after previous research on dogs and babies.

俄勒岡州立大學(xué)的研究人員模仿此前對(duì)狗狗和嬰兒的研究，對(duì)小貓咪也進(jìn)行了一番研究，并得出結(jié)論：貓咪真的真的很愛(ài)主人——或者至少是把主人看做父母或"照顧者"。

64% of the kittens demonstrated a "secure attachment style" to their caregiver, meaning the cat seemed distraught when they left the room but "displayed a reduced stress response" upon their return.

64%的小貓對(duì)他們的看護(hù)人表現(xiàn)出"安全依戀"，這意味著當(dāng)看護(hù)人離開(kāi)房間時(shí)，小貓看起來(lái)心煩意亂，但當(dāng)看護(hù)人回來(lái)時(shí)，小貓的"應(yīng)激反應(yīng)表現(xiàn)得到緩解"。