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	Podcast:		Talk Psych to Me
	Episode:		Cuteness Psychology: Of cute mice and ugly babies
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:47:00
	Publish Date:		2020-01-05 03:00:00
	Description:		Tania explains the psychology of cuteness, cute aggression, happy tears, and dimorphous expressions. Brian tries to understand how being ugly as a baby might have impacted his life. Together, they explore how cuteness is saving the world. Talk psych to us: Instagram: @talkpsychtomepodcast Email: tp2mpodcast@gmail.com Further Reading: Sherman, Haidt, & James Coan, 2009: Viewing Cute Images Increases Behavioral Carefulness Aragón, 2015: "I Couldn’t Help But to Cry!” “I Couldn’t Help But to Yell “Yes!”” Dimorphous Expressions Inform Consumers of Users’ Motivational Orientations Aragón, Clark, Dyer, & Bargh, 2015: Dimorphous Expressions of Positive Emotion: Displays of Both Care and Aggression in Response to Cute Stimuli Fredrickson & Levenson, 1998: Positive Emotions Speed Recovery from Cardiovascular Sequelae of Negative Emotion. Kringelbach, Stark, Alexander, Bornstein, & Stein, 2016: On Cuteness: Unlocking the Parental Brain and Beyond Stavropoulos & Alba, 2018: “It’s so Cute I Could Crush It!”: Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Cute Aggression Budds, 2019: “Why Cute Design is Aww-some” Neotenic design: https://a-d-o.com/neotenic Produced by Scarlet Moon Things Music by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, and Richard Kimmings Special thanks to Kim Keating, Max Cohen and Vicky Kuperman for research and ideation support.
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