What we did We asked 368 Australian participants to watch videos of human–cat play interactions. But not all the videos were "play" for the cat. Only half of the cats were playing, while the other ...

Oh, you’re so funny. Aren’t you? We can tell that one black cat was not laughing when her humans decided to have a little too much fun. Raisin was practically stoic when her parents starting goofing ...

Only half of the cats were playing, while the other half were actually showing signs they didn't want to play, or were feeling stressed by the interaction. After each video, participants were asked if ...