TOKYO: Looking at pictures of cute animals enhances performance in work requiring concentration, according to an experiment.
The
experiment called "Power of Kawaii" was conducted by a team led by a
Hiroshima University professor with 130 college students.
The word "kawaii" means cute in Japanese.
Participants
were asked to perform two sets of tasks picking up small parts with
tweezers to retrieve them from a hole without touching its perimeter and
choosing designated numbers from a line of numbers.
They were
divided into three groups and each was shown either seven photos of
kittens and puppies, or of adult cats and dogs, or of sushi and other
food.
The group shown photos of kittens and puppies saw their
accuracy and speed improve 44% in the task for picking up small parts
and 16% in the number finding assignments, according to the results.
In contrast, there was no before-and-after change in performance in the other groups, the team said.
"The
feeling that something is adorable has a function to prompt a person to
want to be closer to and know more about the object," said Nittono, a
professor of psychophysiology and engineering psychology.
"That perhaps creates the effect of concentrating one's attention," he said. - Bernama http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/27/nation/20120927132153&sec=nation
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Cute animal pictures enhance concentration at work, says study
9/27/2012 11:10:00 pm
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