TELL YOUR BOSS: WHEN YOU LOOK AT CUTE ANIMALS YOUR PRODUCTIVITY GOES UP
by Hazed
Bosses must hate the internet. If you’re not checking Facebook, you’re watching cat videos when you should be hard at work.
But wait! New research shows that bosses should be delighted when you watch cat videos, because looking at cute pictures that make you go “Awwww....” makes you more productive.
Yes, it seems that participants who looked at cute images performed tasks which required them to focus their attention more carefully, because of “a narrowed attentional focus induced by the cuteness-triggered positive emotion.” So trot that phrase out next time your boss grumbles about you wasting time watching cat vids on YouTube.
You probably won’t be able to convince him to let you check Facebook, though...
