What Science Says About ‘Cute Aggression’.mp4

Ever see a puppy or baby that's so cute, you just wanted to squeeze it?! Here's why.

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00:00you've probably heard grandma say you're so cute I could eat you up or maybe you've seen an

00:09adorable puppy and had the urge to squeeze it scientists say too much cuteness can cause

00:14what's known as cute aggression a University of California study inspired by previous Yale

00:20research suggests it doesn't mean you want to cause harm it seems to be an involuntary response

00:26for being overwhelmed by positive emotions researchers analyzed the brains electrical

00:31activity in 54 adults as they looked at images of animals and people of varying cute levels cuteness

00:38overload was associated with more activity in parts of the brain involving emotion and our

00:43reward system so the brain may form aggressive thoughts to balance out the overwhelmingly

00:48positive feelings the findings were published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

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