第86章 猫和人类的互动很重要

Your Cat Might Not Be Ignoring You When You Speak

你讲话时，你的猫可能并没有无视你

By Anthony Ham

A study by French researchers that was published last month in the journal Animal Cognition found that not only do cats react to what scientists call cat-directed speech— a high-pitched voice similar to how we talk to babies— they react to who is doing the talking.

上个月，法国研究员在《动物认知》上发表的一项研究发现，猫不仅会对科学家所说的“猫导向语言”（类似我们对婴儿说话时常用的高音）做出反应，而且它们还会对说话人予以回应。

Unlike with dogs， cat behavior is difficult to study， which is part of why humans understand them less. Cats are often so stressed by being in a lab that meaningful behavioral observations bee impossible.

猫与狗不同的是，它们的行为很难研究，这也在一定程度上解释了为什么人类对猫的了解相对较少。猫待在实验室里通常会压力过大，导致研究员无法对它们进行有意义的行为研究。

So the researchers for the latest study went to the cats homes and played recordings of different types of speech and different speakers.

因此，这项最新研究的研究人员去了猫的家里，并且给它们播放了不同类型的讲话与不同讲话人的录音。