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Intrigued by the Power of Kawaii? Us too!

October 2, 2012 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment

Thanks to a study by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University’s Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, titled “The Power of Kawaii: Viewing Cute Images Promotes a Careful Behavior and Narrows Attentional Focus”, you can be guilt-free when looking at photos of ridiculously cute animals at work.

Published in the journal, PLOS ONE, the study found that viewing photos of cute animals — which induces positive emotions — results in improved “subsequent performance in tasks that require behavioral carefulness, possibly by narrowing the breadth of attentional focus.”

Well then! Here are a few cuties to focus you at work today:

kawaii: african pygmy hedgehog

kawaii: dogs

kawaii: rodent

puppies

Filed Under: The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Focus on Work, Intrinsic Motivation, Productivity

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