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NEW PAPER OUT 🐱🐈
We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats.
A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.
We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats.
A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats
Isparta et al. find that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side, indicating
asymmetry at the population level. Because the right hemisphere is specialized for
threat processing, this as...
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June 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NEW PAPER OUT 🐱🐈
We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats.
A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.
We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats.
A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.