The secret of felines and their love of fictional boxes
In Head TripPopSci checks out the relationship in between our brains, our senses, and the weird things that take place in between.
Any feline owner understands just how much our feline buddies appear to indulge in the comfort of a box. Felines appear to obtain so much convenience from confined areas that their fondness for boxes extends to areas that have no real walls-- and areas whose "edges" are visual impressions. This curious phenomenon shows prospective resemblances in cat/human sensory experience, and likewise connects into a bigger discussion about how we can comprehend what goes on inside our strange family pets' little heads.
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