More Than Just a Cute Face

A recent study by Japan’s Hiroshima University in three different groups of students shows that adorable puppy or kitten pictures could make you work harder. The first group of students look at images of baby animals, one looked at adult animals, and one looked at pictures of food. The first group of students showed a 10 percent performance increase, followed by 5 percent from the second group, and hardly any increase shown by the third group.

The study showed that these images triggered positive emotion; therefore the students experienced an increase of focus and performance. Small things such as the environment of a workplace may have a large effect on students and workers. Although this may have seemed to be a silly topic of study, it has proven to make a positive difference in creating a productive work environment. With that said, here is your daily dose of cute for increased productivity:

 

Source: http://sourcefednews.com/2012/10/05/adorable-pictures-make-you-work-harder/

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