Sevim Isparta
@sevimisparta.bsky.social
Veterinarian & PhD | Working on Hemispheric Asymmetries (laterality) in Animals 🧠
Currently postdoctoral researcher at Bari University 🇮🇹
Former at Ruhr University Bochum 🇩🇪
Amateur 🎾 player
Currently postdoctoral researcher at Bari University 🇮🇹
Former at Ruhr University Bochum 🇩🇪
Amateur 🎾 player
Histon is reading some references, and she says the methods section definitely needs “more tuna.” 😹
We’re in good paws!🐾 @serenelladingeo.bsky.social
#catforscience #catscience #laterality #pawedness #science #cat #caturday #catsky
We’re in good paws!🐾 @serenelladingeo.bsky.social
#catforscience #catscience #laterality #pawedness #science #cat #caturday #catsky
November 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Histon is reading some references, and she says the methods section definitely needs “more tuna.” 😹
We’re in good paws!🐾 @serenelladingeo.bsky.social
#catforscience #catscience #laterality #pawedness #science #cat #caturday #catsky
We’re in good paws!🐾 @serenelladingeo.bsky.social
#catforscience #catscience #laterality #pawedness #science #cat #caturday #catsky
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Forschende der @ruhrunibochum haben zusammen mit internationalen Partnern ein Citizen-Science-Projekt zur Körpersprache von #Katzen gestartet. Wer eine Katze besitzt, kann mit ein paar einfachen Videos mitmachen....
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July 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Forschende der @ruhrunibochum haben zusammen mit internationalen Partnern ein Citizen-Science-Projekt zur Körpersprache von #Katzen gestartet. Wer eine Katze besitzt, kann mit ein paar einfachen Videos mitmachen....
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Dont even wait a second to join our study!! 🐈😻 @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @ocklenburg.bsky.social
Ihr habt eine Katze? 😺 Dann unterstützt die Wissenschaft mit ein paar kurzen Handyvideos! Forschende wollen mehr zur Körpersprache der Tiere herausfinden.
Wie ihr helfen könnt, erfahrt ihr hier: news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
#CatContent (Foto: RUB, Marquard)
Wie ihr helfen könnt, erfahrt ihr hier: news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
#CatContent (Foto: RUB, Marquard)
July 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Dont even wait a second to join our study!! 🐈😻 @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @ocklenburg.bsky.social
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Heutiges Thema der Biopsychologie Vorlesung: Lateralität und Sprache 🧠
Perfektes Timing, dass diese Meldung über eine Studie mit @ocklenburg.bsky.social gestern veröffentlicht wurde ⏱️
Perfektes Timing, dass diese Meldung über eine Studie mit @ocklenburg.bsky.social gestern veröffentlicht wurde ⏱️
Studie - Viele Katzen sind Linksschläfer
Katzen schlafen jeden Tag etwa 12 bis 16 Stunden. Laut einer Studie liegen sie dabei am liebsten auf ihrer linken Seite. Forschende vermuten dahinter eine evolutionär entstandene Überlebensstrategie.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
June 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Heutiges Thema der Biopsychologie Vorlesung: Lateralität und Sprache 🧠
Perfektes Timing, dass diese Meldung über eine Studie mit @ocklenburg.bsky.social gestern veröffentlicht wurde ⏱️
Perfektes Timing, dass diese Meldung über eine Studie mit @ocklenburg.bsky.social gestern veröffentlicht wurde ⏱️
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#Meow.
Cats prefer to sleep on left side (me too!).
Allows their right brain a "privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body."
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Cats prefer to sleep on left side (me too!).
Allows their right brain a "privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body."
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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...
www.cell.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#Meow.
Cats prefer to sleep on left side (me too!).
Allows their right brain a "privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body."
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Cats prefer to sleep on left side (me too!).
Allows their right brain a "privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body."
Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Kediler Neden Sol Taraflarına Yatarak Uyurlar? Uluslararası Araştırma Evrimsel Bir Hayatta Kalma Stratejisini Ortaya Koydu.
evrimagaci.org/gonderi/kedi...
evrimagaci.org/gonderi/kedi...
Kediler Neden Sol Taraflarına Yatarak Uyurlar? Uluslararası... | Gönderi - Evrim Ağacı
Uluslararası bir araştırma ekibi, evcil kedilerin çoğunlukla sol taraflarına yatarak uyuma eğiliminde...
evrimagaci.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Kediler Neden Sol Taraflarına Yatarak Uyurlar? Uluslararası Araştırma Evrimsel Bir Hayatta Kalma Stratejisini Ortaya Koydu.
evrimagaci.org/gonderi/kedi...
evrimagaci.org/gonderi/kedi...
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Two-thirds of cats prefer a leftward sleeping position, giving their left visual field and thus their right brain half a privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Two-thirds of cats prefer a leftward sleeping position, giving their left visual field and thus their right brain half a privileged view of approaching animals without being obstructed by their own body.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Scientists @CellPressNews reviewed 408 YouTube clips of sleeping cats and found 2/3 curled up on their left side.
Here’s the neuroscience behind why:🧵
(Please watch their video abstract I put on the last post - it’s 100% worth it)
Here’s the neuroscience behind why:🧵
(Please watch their video abstract I put on the last post - it’s 100% worth it)
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Scientists @CellPressNews reviewed 408 YouTube clips of sleeping cats and found 2/3 curled up on their left side.
Here’s the neuroscience behind why:🧵
(Please watch their video abstract I put on the last post - it’s 100% worth it)
Here’s the neuroscience behind why:🧵
(Please watch their video abstract I put on the last post - it’s 100% worth it)
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What a fun study! They found 2/3 cats prefer to sleep on their left side as their right brain hemisphere is specialized for threat processing and could give them an advantage in detecting predators. 🐈 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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...
www.cell.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What a fun study! They found 2/3 cats prefer to sleep on their left side as their right brain hemisphere is specialized for threat processing and could give them an advantage in detecting predators. 🐈 🧪
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Analysis of hundreds of cat videos indicates a preference for sleeping on the left side, which may enhance rapid threat detection and escape by engaging the brain’s right hemisphere upon waking. doi.org/psw5
Why cats prefer to sleep on their left side may be part of a survival strategy
An international research team that analyzed several hundred YouTube videos of sleeping cats found that they prefer to sleep on their left side.
phys.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Analysis of hundreds of cat videos indicates a preference for sleeping on the left side, which may enhance rapid threat detection and escape by engaging the brain’s right hemisphere upon waking. doi.org/psw5
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... @ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @serenelladingeo.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
@ozgescildir.bsky.social
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@ozgescildir.bsky.social
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side
For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.
www.eurekalert.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cats prefer to sleep on their left side | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... @ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @serenelladingeo.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
@ozgescildir.bsky.social
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@ozgescildir.bsky.social
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Katzen schlafen bevorzugt auf der linken Schulter. Das haben Onur Güntürkün von der RUB und @ocklenburg.bsky.social mit internationalen Kolleg*innen herausgefunden. Sie vermuten, dass dieses Verhalten die Überlebenschancen der Tiere steigert. #CatContent
Mehr Infos: 👉 news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
Mehr Infos: 👉 news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
June 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Katzen schlafen bevorzugt auf der linken Schulter. Das haben Onur Güntürkün von der RUB und @ocklenburg.bsky.social mit internationalen Kolleg*innen herausgefunden. Sie vermuten, dass dieses Verhalten die Überlebenschancen der Tiere steigert. #CatContent
Mehr Infos: 👉 news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
Mehr Infos: 👉 news.rub.de/wissenschaft...
Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side! 😻🐈
news.rub.de/english/pres...
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone for this nice collaboration! 🤝
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
#CatScience #Laterality
news.rub.de/english/pres...
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone for this nice collaboration! 🤝
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
#CatScience #Laterality
Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side
For animals, sleeping on their left side is not about comfort. It is a survival strategy.
news.rub.de
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cats Prefer to Sleep on Their Left Side! 😻🐈
news.rub.de/english/pres...
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone for this nice collaboration! 🤝
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
#CatScience #Laterality
news.rub.de/english/pres...
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone for this nice collaboration! 🤝
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @nadbab27.bsky.social @reinhardtpr.bsky.social @ysdemirbas.bsky.social
#CatScience #Laterality
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“Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats” on this issue 😻 @sevimisparta.bsky.social
Our newest issue is now live! On the cover a female killer whale grasps a floating stalk of bull kelp as observed by @drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues, utilizing these during tactile social interactions, potentially as a form of tool-assisted allogrooming. www.cell.com/current-biol...
June 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Lateralized sleeping positions in domestic cats” on this issue 😻 @sevimisparta.bsky.social
NEW PAPER! 🐈 Why do cats prefer sleeping on their left side?
Our new study in @currentbiology.bsky.social suggests it may give their right hemisphere (specialized for threat detection) a better view, even during awakening!🧠
cell.com/current-biolog…
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
Our new study in @currentbiology.bsky.social suggests it may give their right hemisphere (specialized for threat detection) a better view, even during awakening!🧠
cell.com/current-biolog…
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
https://cell.com/current-biolog…
June 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW PAPER! 🐈 Why do cats prefer sleeping on their left side?
Our new study in @currentbiology.bsky.social suggests it may give their right hemisphere (specialized for threat detection) a better view, even during awakening!🧠
cell.com/current-biolog…
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
Our new study in @currentbiology.bsky.social suggests it may give their right hemisphere (specialized for threat detection) a better view, even during awakening!🧠
cell.com/current-biolog…
@ocklenburg.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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Our newest issue is now live! On the cover a female killer whale grasps a floating stalk of bull kelp as observed by @drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues, utilizing these during tactile social interactions, potentially as a form of tool-assisted allogrooming. www.cell.com/current-biol...
June 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our newest issue is now live! On the cover a female killer whale grasps a floating stalk of bull kelp as observed by @drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues, utilizing these during tactile social interactions, potentially as a form of tool-assisted allogrooming. www.cell.com/current-biol...