Are cats indifferent or independent?

Many people may argue that cats want to spend time with us merely because of the attention they receive from their owners, but experts believe that something else is going on in those four-pawed creature’s minds/

In fact, Dr Krystin Vitale (a cat psychologist) has done a recent study where she discovered that up to 50% of cats prefer human interaction over their favourite food, toy, or scent item. This experiment was conducted by placing in a room the cat, its owner, and its favourite toys and food items. Without hesitation, the cat went to its owner, but this is not the only time where she has proven that cats are not indifferent; she also put the fluffy animal in a room with two people (a stranger and someone which the cat knew) and it went straight up to the latter mentioned person. This shows how cats recognize their owner and will not prefer a random person over their proprietor, meaning that these felines are probably independent, not indifferent.

Another thing that we should put in consideration is that cats are usually compared to dogs. However, this can be extremely biased, because canines have been studied much more. We have discovered that dogs can do problem solving, learn up to 160 words and even understand our emotions. On the other hand, the majority of people believe that cats are not even aware of their own names and that they can not comprehend human feelings, because of the overwhelmingly little amount of research conducted on the psychology of the feline. Countless studies have proven that they do indeed know there names. In addition, it is important to consider that, like in humans, a cat’s behaviour can simply depend on the cat’s personality.

In conclusion, the studies conducted by experts suggests it is quite probable that cats are a largely independent species, while still caring extensively about their owners.