SO...WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE YOU?

“Dog people” and “cat people” have long viewed each other with some suspicion, and a new study shows that the two camps really do tend to have different personalities,LiveScience.com reports. Dog owners tend to be more outgoing, energetic, and self-confident, researchers found. The feline-inclined, on the other hand, tend to be more introverted and neurotic, and are 30 percent more likely to live alone. But the average cat owner is also smarter and more sensitive than the average dog owner. The results are based on a survey of 600 college students, 60 percent of whom characterized themselves as dog people, and 11 percent as cat people; the rest professed love for both, or neither. Researchers suspect that the personality differences stem from people choosing pets based on the kind of experiences they expect the animals to provide. “It makes sense that a dog person is going to be more lively, because they’re going to want to be out there, outside, talking to people, bringing their dog,” says Carroll University researcher Denise Guastello. People who prefer to be indoors, and are cautious of others, are more likely to choose a cat.