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WHY NOBODY CAN RESIST BABY YODA e ow et ni gn ovprd t blu oy br BY SUSAN COSIER ILLUSTRATION BY AAD GOUDAPPEL and pay attention to them, the University of Michigan behav- ioral neuroscientist LAST FALL, when the "Star Wars" show "The Mandalorian" pre- miered, the world had one reaction: Awwwww. Stephanie Preston says. If you're a newborn whose survival is totally reliant on others, being able to produce that nurturing response in adults is pretty import- ant. When babies and animals are little, being cute is "the only armor they have," says Morten Kringelbach, a neuro- scientist at the University of Oxford in Britain. That's especially true of human children, who take a long time to be able to fend for themselves. Research has shown that when presented with a pair of images of babies or animals, one with "cute" features and another with less-cute ones, people are more likely to adopt or The reason was a new character whom fans immediately started calling Baby Yoda. The little green creature's cuteness made it an instant celebrity, inspir- ing countless memes. And as it turns out, that reaction you feel when you see Baby Yoda and similarly adorable, nonalien babies from across the animal kingdom - has an evolutionary purpose: to make you want to care for tiny, helpless newborns. Almost a century ago, the animal-behavior researchers Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen first suggested that when we see certain features, including large eyes, high foreheads, tiny noses and chubby cheeks, it tends to produce affectionate and nurturing feelings in us. These traits, which they called "infant schema," are common in mammalian babies, including humans. Since then, studies have shown that images of babies and animals can be made to seem cuter by lengthening their foreheads and shortening their snouts. What's going on inside our brain when we see an infant, puppy or baby lemur with those features? It sets off a chemical reaction that motivates us to hug, protect give a toy to the cuter one. Those traits can also provoke a weirder response. In recent years, researchers have identified a phenomenon they call "cute aggression." It makes us want to squeeze, pinch or bite the things we find adorable - possibly as our brain's way of keeping us from becoming overwhelmed by all the cuteness. So when you see Baby Yoda or your friend's puppy and feel the urge to not only take care of them but also maybe squeeze them as hard as you can, don't worry; you're not the only one. Feeney: filustration by Kyle Hilton. Coronavirus: Tatiana Lages/EPA, via Shutterstock.

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