Feature photo courtesy of Flickr user Helen Haden.

Concentrate on a red panda

Do you need an excuse to procrastinate before doing something? According to one study, looking at cute things – like red pandas – can help you concentrate.

The study, published in 2012, conducted three experiments to study the effects of looking at cute animals upon task performance.

Experiment #1

In the first experiment, the participants ranked images based on cuteness, in an interval between playing the board gram Operation. The group that was shown images of baby animals performed better and faster than the group viewing adult animals.