Do these kitten photos help you focus? That's what a 2012 study says.

Any excuse for kitteh pix will do!

http://www.upworthy.com/do-these-3-kitten-photos-help-you-focus-thats-what-a-2012-study-says





That study, available here, is from a team of researchers led by Dr. Hiroshi Nittono, a professor of cognitive psychophysiology at the university. Dr. Nittono and the team gathered 48 people — 24 men and 24 women — to be their test subjects.

Each of the students was given a series of three different tests. In one of the tests, an example of which can be seen below, the students were given a random matrix of digits. The students were then asked to count the instances of the bold digit within the matrix, without using their fingers to guide them.

The researchers recorded the students' success rate. Then, the students were shown an image — either a baby animal, a grown-up animal, or some sort of "pleasant food."

After viewing the image, each of the students was shown another matrix — also randomly generated — and again, the scores were recorded. Each group's results were compared to their pre-viewing results.
The students who looked at images of baby animals between tasks improved the most.