Maybe your choice of pet reveals more about your own personality than you think!

Research compiled by psychologist Sam Gosling at the University of Texas at Austin, showed that "dog people" tend to be more extraverted, more agreeable and more conscientious than self-described "cat people."

Cat-lovers were found to be more neurotic but also more open than dog-lovers.

"There is a widely held cultural belief that the pet species—dog or cat—with which a person has the strongest affinity says something about the individual's personality," says Gosling, who conducted the study with graduate student Carson Sandy.

"This research suggests there are significant differences on major personality traits between dog people and cat people," he says. "Given the tight psychological connections between people and their pets, it is likely that the differences between dogs and cats may be suited to different human personalities."

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As part of the research, 4,565 volunteers were asked whether they were dog people, cat people, neither or both. The same group was given a 44-item assessment that measured them on the so-called Big Five personality dimensions psychologists often use to study personalities.