New Media Mention! Empirical Evidence: Cats Love People. The New York Times, May 2017

New Article! Cat Social Lives: Current Knowledge and Future Directions . The IAABC Journal. Spring 2017

 

New Media Mention! Shocker: Some cats like people more than food or toys. The Washington Post, April 2017

New Interview! The Pet Buzz- Skip to 45:50 for interview on our Cat Preference Research. April 2, 2017

New Media Mention! Your Cat Thinks You’re Cool: 60 Second Science. Scientific American, March 2017

New Media Mention! Cats Care About People More Than Food, New Study Finds. Time, March 2017

New Media Mention! Proof, at last, that cats are not just in it for the food. The Times of London, March 2017

New Media Mention! Cats Are Actually Nice, Scientists Find. Vice: Motherboard. March 2017

New Publication! Social interaction, food, scent or toys? A formal assessment of domestic pet and shelter cat (Felis silvestris catus) preferences. Behavioural Processes. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.03.016

New Media Mention! Through a cat’s nose: How understanding smell can keep cats in homes and reduce stress in shelters. Maddie’s Fund. January 2017.

New publication! Vitale Shreve, K.R., Udell, M.A.R. (2016) Stress, security, and scent: The influence of chemical signals on the social lives of domestic cats and implications for applied settings. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.11.011

New Media Appearance! Cat Training – Pets & People Show, Willamette Humane Society.

Upcoming Talk!
The Social Lives of Cats: Improving the Cat-Human Bond Through a Better Understanding of Cat Behavior. 4/8/2017, 1:15 – 2:45 PM IAABC Conference 2017, Los Angeles CA

Media Mention!
Oregon State researcher proves cats can be trained. OSU Stories. June 2016

Media Mention!
Building the Bond Between Cats and People. Kym Pokorny, Oregon’s Agricultural Progress. Summer 2016

Media Mention!
Kitten Training Classes? New Research Suggests Cat Stereotypes Are Just That. Kyle Bunnell, The Corvallis Advocate. June 22, 2016

Media Mention!
What We Understand about Cats and What They Understand about Us. Felicity Muth, Scientific American. 3.30.16

Media Mention!
What’s Going On in Your Cat’s Head? Felicity Muth, Scientific American. 3.29.16

Media Mention!
Socializing cats to aid adoptability. Susan C. Kahler, JAVMA news. 4.15.16

Media Mention!
Die Klugheit der Katzen. Christina Hucklenbroich, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG BLOG.  8.4.15
English Translation: Cat Intelligence – The Lives of Animals Translated by Gregory & Joan Shreve

Media Mention!
What’s Inside Your Cat’s Head? This Is What Science Has Found So Far.  Agata Blaszczak Boxe, BrainDecoder. 7.15. 15

New publication!
Vitale Shreve, K. R., & Udell, M. A. R. (2015). What’s inside your cat’s head? A review of cat (Felis silvestris catus) cognition research past, present and future. Animal Cognition, pgs. 1–12.
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