Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats Isparta et al. find that two-thirds of cats prefer to sleep on their left side, indicating asymmetry at the population level. Because the right hemisphere is specialized for threat processing, this as...

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We found that cats prefer to sleep on their left side.This way, they keep their left eye exposed — which sends information to the right hemisphere of the brain, specialized in detecting threats.
A strategy that might help them better spot who’s approaching, even while they rest.