Have you ever seen something so cute you just want to squeeze it to death? Or a child so cute you want to pinch it’s cheeks really hard? Why do we have these odd, powerful, opposite feelings? It’s called “cute aggression” and we’ll try to explain it in this episode.

Resources

• I Asked a Neuroscientist Why I Want to Crush Every Cute Animal I See


• t’s so Cute I Could Crush It!: Understanding Neural Mechanisms of Cute Aggression