As a bit of aside, I was wondering the other day why stuffed toys are so cute. I'm a guy - and I still think that some of them are cute.
I reckon that it might relate to proportions. Most soft-toy bears have have similar head to body proportions as babies, which humans seem programmed to like. I'm not sure if babies have larger eyes (relatively) than adults, but that'd seem credible also.
In terms of them being furry. Dunno. That's an odd one. I guess - in robotics I heard that they say that something which is too close to human looking becomes repulsive, if not real.
So back to the original theory, I think it's the eye, nose, mouth and head-to body proportions that humans are programmed to like. To various extents depending on our mood, chemistry etc.
I wonder if there's research on this...
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