Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. ANIMALS Why we're hardwired to love baby animals ...

Here's a defense for when your boss catches you watching kitten videos on the job: New research shows looking at cute images of baby animals may actually improve your work performance, inspiring ...

Providing an in-depth overview of all things kawaii (cute), this book traces the cute aesthetic from its inception in the 1970s as a schoolgirl trend to its position as a leading cultural norm ...

This year has been anything but cute. It’s been occasionally optimistic, but mostly unpredictable, tumultuous, and painful. But cute? Far from it. Enter the timeline cleanse. You may have seen ...

40 Pictures Of Cute Animals To Help You Concentrate. PHOTOS: 40 Cute Animals. The Huffington Post UK. 01/10/2012 06:45am BST. PA. ... Their paper, called the 'Power of Kawaii' ...

New research has revealed that looking at cute images of baby animals doesn’t just make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, but can actually improve your work performance and help you concentrate.

The power of kawaii: Viewing cute images promotes a careful behavior and narrows attentional focus. PloS one 7, 9 (2012), e46362. More references ...

Kawaii is inescapable in Japan, where I have lived since the 1990s, so the global rise of adorable content online has not surprised me. As of the time of writing, 676 million posts are tagged # ...