Cat and owner oxytocin levels rise and fall together

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA viewer on bbn. live wants insane, scientific, good, cute news about cute cats. Fair enough, after tonight.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Coolist reports a Kyoto University team found oxytocin, the bonding hormone, rises and falls together in cats and their owners.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTogether. So one of them is steering, Hank, and I'd like to know which.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey followed twenty-nine cats and nineteen owners for a month, and the study shows a link, not a cause.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-nine cats, nineteen owners. So some of those people have two cats agreeing on their feelings for them, and voting.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOr the cat simply likes them.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNo cause proven, Hank. So the study can't clear the cat, and the cat knows it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlausible.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPlausible. Write that down, he said plausible.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty-nine cats, nineteen owners. Somebody in Kyoto is outnumbered. Ask us yours at bbn. live.