The Power of Kawaii: Viewing Cute Images Promotes a Careful Behavior and Narrows Attentional Focus (Extract)

The participants were asked to perform a task requiring a high level of concentration twice, with a break of a few minutes between the tasks for mental recovery.

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Citation

Nittono H, Fukushima M, Yano A, Moriya H (2012) The Power of Kawaii: Viewing Cute Images Promotes a Careful Behavior and Narrows Attentional Focus. PLoS ONE 7(9): e46362. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046362 (link). Adapted and reproduced here under a CC BY 3.0 license.