While Stavropoulos recorded their brain activity, she had the test subjects look at pictures of varying cuteness of both animals and babies. The test subjects all wore an EEG cap, which looks like a swimmer's cap with electrodes sewn in.
"If you ask anyone who experiences cute aggression, they don't actually want to squeeze a baby in a harmful way." Cute aggression in your brain It's not true aggression, of course, said Stavropoulos. Or maybe they've caught themselves saying something like, 'I could just crush you,' and people look at them really funny." "Some people feel this way and they probably secretly think it's a little weird. Katherine Stavropoulos, University of California Riverside Or maybe they've caught themselves saying something like, 'I could just crush you,' and people look at them really funny. Some people feel this way and they probably secretly think it's a little weird. Stavropoulos said her work shows cute aggression is an urge that about 70 to 75 per cent of people feel.
Do you ever get that overwhelming feeling when you see an adorable baby that you just want to squeeze their cheeks? Or maybe you feel this way when looking into the big eyes of a puppy or kitten? This is a phenomenon known as "cute aggression." And now scientists have figured out what's going on in our brain to explain this urge.
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