Have you ever wanted to “squeeze” or “squish” a baby animal? According to researchers, cute aggression thoughts can be triggered by these adorable creatures. Katherine Stavropoulos, a licensed clinical psychologist, and Laura Alba, a…
Have you ever wanted to “squeeze” or “squish” a baby animal? According to researchers, cute aggression thoughts can be triggered by these adorable creatures.
Katherine Stavropoulos, a licensed clinical psychologist, and Laura Alba, a UC Riverside doctoral student, explored why people experience cute aggression urges and how they impact different parts of the brain. The UC Riverside team published their findings in the Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience journal on Dec. 4.
Stavropoulos first heard the term “cute aggression” after Yale University psychologists shared research related to the psychological condition in 2015, said a UC Riverside press release .
