Two-Thirds of Domestic Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side, Study Shows

Jun 24, 2025 - 08:15
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Two-Thirds of Domestic Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side, Study Shows
Isparta et al. believe that the significant leftward bias in sleeping position in cats may have been evolutionarily driven by hemispheric asymmetries of threat processing. Image credit: Noah Dustin von Weissenfluh / Gleb Kuzmenko / Isparta et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.043.

New research led by scientists from the Ruhr-University Bochum, the University of Prince Edward Island, Ankara University and the University of Bari Aldo Moro shows that two-thirds of domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) prefer a leftward sleeping position, giving their left visual field and thus their right brain half a privileged view of approaching animals […]

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