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Purr-ceiving feelings: domestic cats respond to intraspecific cues of emotion.

Kiki E Spoelstra, Jennifer Vonk, Evy van Berlo, José Kok, Mariska E Kret

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Kiki E SpoelstraInstitute of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
Jennifer VonkDepartment of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4362-5989
Evy van BerloDepartment of Biology, Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5523-7721
José KokOuwehand Zoo, Rhenen, Netherlands.
Mariska E KretInstitute of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.

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Abstract

Background: Successful interpretation of emotion expressions is a critical aspect of communication in both solitary and group-living species, although it is seldom investigated in the former. Because of their flexible sociality, domestic cats ( Methods: Adopting a multidimensional approach, we presented cats ( Results: Valence and activity levels did not affect cats' responses to auditory stimuli. However, cats gazed longer and more frequently at negatively valenced visual stimuli depicting higher levels of activity compared to all other stimulus categories. Stimulus interaction was longer for active stimuli, independent of valence. However, cats displayed more fear-related behaviours in response to the negatively compared to positively valenced active stimuli, indicating that they interpreted these as being fundamentally different from each other. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that cat emotion perception in the visual domain is modulated by both valence and activity, highlighting the need to incorporate arousal in further emotion research.

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CuesEmotionsAcoustic StimulationAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCatsFemaleMalePhotic StimulationVisual PerceptionAttentionCat communicationEmotion perceptionFelis silvestriscatusSocial cognition

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PMID42222494
PMCPMC13218337

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