Hiroshi Nittono receives funding from The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI No. 23330217. However, why cute things attract us and how they ...

Puppies. Kittens. Fat babies. These are the cute things in life we love to coo about, but who knew that the mere sight of them could heighten our mental skills? A new study by Japanese researchers now ...

One thing the internet has shown us, it is that few people can resist looking at images of cute animals. Now new research has revealed that looking at cute images of baby animals doesn’t just make you ...

Before reading any further it is imperative that you flick through the gallery of kittens and puppies that accompanies this story. Now. Go on. Seriously, we'll wait ...

If you've ever been to Japan, whether you know it or not, you will have encountered multiple examples of kawaii, the country's dominant pop-cultural aesthetic. That bus stop shaped like a watermelon?

When University of Victoria neuroscientist Olav Krigolson is barraged with puppy videos from his partner who wants a puppy, all that tail-wagging cuteness offers more than just a quick jolt of joy — ...

Hui-Ying Kerr received funding from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) from 2010 - 2013 as part of her PhD research on Japan in the 1980s. This is a true story. One Saturday night, I ...