"Owners were asked to wear a chest-mounted camera to film the first few minutes of returning home while behaving as naturally as possible. Analysis of hundreds of clips revealed that cats vocalised more frequently - with meows, purrs and chirps - when greeting male owners compared to female ones. On average, cats produced 4.3 meows in the first 100 seconds of greeting men compared to just 1.8 with women."
"Previous research has shown that women are generally more verbally interactive with their pets and are more attuned to interpreting their cat's vocalisations. Women are also more likely to engage in 'cat-directed speech' - using a high-pitched, 'baby talk' voice when speaking to their animal. 'It is therefore possible that male caregivers require more explicit vocalisations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats,' the researchers explained in their study, published in the journal Ethology."
Thirty-one domestic cats and their primary owners were filmed at home wearing chest-mounted cameras during the owners' returns to capture the first minutes of greeting. Analysis of hundreds of clips showed cats vocalised more frequently with meows, purrs and chirps when greeting male owners than female owners, averaging 4.3 meows versus 1.8 in the first 100 seconds. Women tend to be more verbally interactive and use high-pitched 'cat-directed' speech, so male caregivers may require more explicit vocalisations, and cats also use body signals like tail-up approach and allorubbing.
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