Don't know, but this experiment was a replication of a prior study: "The results replicated and extended the result of Sherman et al. [16] that viewing cute im

Don't know, but this experiment was a replication of a prior study: "The results replicated and extended the result of Sherman et al. [16] that viewing cute images has a positive effect on behavioral performance in tasks that require carefulness." http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.335.9227&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.335...