Cuteness makes us feel happy and relaxed by triggering positive emotions. Our brains release dopamine when we see cute things, making us feel pleasure. People think different things are cute based on ...

Why do we feel the need to care for things that are cute, like puppies and kittens? Austrian biologist Konrad Lorenz came up with his "kinderschema" or child scheme, which is a list of physical ...

Looking at images of cute baby animals may not be as distracting from your workload as employers may think. A new study out of Japan finds that staring at adorable baby animals may actually boost ...

Looking at cute photos, such as Discovery News images of baby animals, helps to improve concentration, a study in the journal PLoS has found. If you are working on your computer, such as tackling a ...

A couple years back, a team of research psychologists ID’d a phenomenon called “cute aggression,” wherein the sight of something cute (an infant, a puppy) paradoxically yields statements like ‘I just ...