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00:13 >> We were interested in trying to describe the relationship between a cat and the owner.
00:21 Owners invest a lot on their emotional relationship with their cat.
00:26 But that doesn't mean that cats don't give as much.
00:28 So our research is really about trying to understand whether or
00:32 not cats have emotional commitment.
00:34 [FOOTSTEPS]
00:37 >> This is the study.
00:39 You have a chair and the baby has his toys on the floor.
00:42 >> The team at Daniel's has set the baby down to study a famous
00:46 experience of psychology from the 70s,
00:48 which is to study the relationship between the parent and the child.
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00:56 >> [FOREIGN]
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01:20 >> [FOREIGN]
01:30 >> The child shows me that the desire to find his mother as quickly as possible and
01:36 to crampon himself to her.
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03:27 >> [FOREIGN]
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03:39 >> What our research shows so far is that the relationship between a cat and
03:56 its owner is not being described as a security cat in our relationship.
04:00 Certainly, owners believe that their cats have a very affectionate world.
04:06 But we're starting to think that the cat views the owner more as the provider of
04:10 resources than the provider of safety, which is the key feature of a secure cat.
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04:26 >> [FOREIGN]
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