Still Waters Posted May 15, 2021 #1 Share Posted May 15, 2021 It is no secret that cats adore sitting in anything square-like. Social media is filled with images of cats squeezing themselves into cardboard shipping boxes, baskets, suitcases, drawers, and plastic storage bins. In 2017, the social media tag #CatSquare showed multiple felines plopping themselves in square outlines on the floor made with masking tape. A new study published in Applied Animal Behavior Science found cats were more likely to sit inside 2-D shapes that imitate an illusion of a square, and it may give researchers more insight into our furry friend’s perception of visual illusions, reports Ed Cara for Gizmodo. (The study is cheekily titled "If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats.”) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/if-i-fits-i-sits-experiment-shows-felines-also-sit-illusory-boxes-180977681/ And it's not just little cats that like boxes - big cats do, too https://www.sciencealert.com/cats-don-t-just-like-to-sit-in-real-boxes-they-ll-choose-to-sit-in-illusions-of-boxes-too https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159121001258? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted May 15, 2021 #2 Share Posted May 15, 2021 "cats think inside the box!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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