Yoshikawa Naoki, Masaki Hiroaki
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 26;12:610817. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.610817. eCollection 2021.
Previous studies have shown that viewing cute pictures leads to performance improvement in a subsequent fine motor task. We examined the beneficial effects of viewing cute pictures in a more complex sporting skill (i.e., basketball free throws) by comparing three conditions (viewing baby animal pictures, adult animal pictures, and no pictures) and two tests (no-pressure and pressure). The participants, all of whom were college basketball players, performed 16 free throws in each condition. In the no-pressure test, male participants improved performance after viewing pictures of baby animals but not after adult animals and no pictures. In the pressure test, no significant improvement was observed. For female participants, the cuteness-viewing effect was not observed in both tests. The results suggest that viewing cute pictures may improve performance during basketball free throws in a low-pressure situation by narrowing the breadth of attentional focus and inducing approach motivation and caregiving behaviors.
先前的研究表明，观看可爱图片会在随后的精细运动任务中提高表现。我们通过比较三种条件（观看幼小动物图片、成年动物图片和不看图片）和两项测试（无压力和有压力），研究了观看可爱图片对更复杂运动技能（即篮球罚球）的有益影响。所有参与者均为大学篮球运动员，在每种条件下进行16次罚球。在无压力测试中，男性参与者在观看幼小动物图片后表现有所提高，但观看成年动物图片和不看图片后则没有。在有压力测试中，未观察到显著改善。对于女性参与者，在两项测试中均未观察到观看可爱图片的效果。结果表明，观看可爱图片可能通过缩小注意力焦点的广度并诱导趋近动机和照顾行为，从而在低压力情况下提高篮球罚球的表现。
