Too Cute for Words: Cuteness Evokes the Heartwarming Emotion of Kama Muta

Volume: 10
Published: Mar 1, 2019
Abstract
A configuration of infantile attributes including a large head, large eyes, with a small nose and mouth low on the head comprise the visual baby schema or Kindchenschema that English speakers call “cute.” In contrast to the stimulus gestalt that evokes it, the evoked emotional response to cuteness has been little studied, perhaps because the emotion has no specific name in English, Norwegian, or German. We hypothesize that cuteness typically...
Paper Details
Title
Too Cute for Words: Cuteness Evokes the Heartwarming Emotion of Kama Muta
Published Date
Mar 1, 2019
Volume
10
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