You’ve probably heard the term “cute aggression” thrown around over the years. It describes the odd but seemingly common compulsion to smoosh, bite, or pinch—but not hurt—adorable things like babies ...

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by kitten's cuteness that you've been hit with an urge to squish it out of love? Then you've experienced cute aggression: a phenomenon whose mechanisms scientists ...

Until now, research exploring how and why cute aggression occurs has been the domain of behavioral psychology, said Katherine Stavropoulos, an assistant professor of special education at the ...

Want to pinch those cheeks? Source: Creative Commons Have you ever said, "It's just so cute I want to punch it!" and then realized everyone was looking at you strangely? Have you tried to explain that ...

If you've ever seen a mom with her baby before, you've probably seen her nibbling on a neck, chomping on chunky cheeks or nipping at her baby's nose. Biological anthropologist Gwen Dewar has ...

Sometimes merely acknowledging the cuteness of a duckling, a cub, or even a human child isn’t good enough. Sometimes cuteness is so arresting that the only logical reaction is an intense urge to ...

The holiday season is all about cute. You've got those ads with adorable children and those movies about baby animals with big eyes. But when people encounter too much cuteness, the result can be ...