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'Slow-Blinking' May Help Humans Bond With Cats, Study Says

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A new study about cat-human communication has provided scientific evidence of what many cat lovers already suspected: “Slow-blinking” may help people bond with their feline companions. “Our results suggest that slow-blink sequences may function as a form of positive emotional communication between cats and humans,” wrote scientists from the United Kingdom’s University of Sussex and University of Portsmouth in the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports on Monday. Slow-blinking means making eye contact with a cat and then slowly closing and opening your eyes.

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