io9.com — If you're distracted by lolcats at work all day, new evidence from evolutionary biology suggests it's not your fault. A study from Yale explains that human visual attention evolved to track images of animals -- and lolcat images awaken our buried evolutionary impulses.
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logicalnoiseJan 23, 2008
there's always one.
ericandertonJan 24, 2008
"I really want to see a study that specifically looks at what happens to our brains while looking at pictures of lolcats to see exactly what part of the brain lights up when I can haz a cheezburger."For that matter, we need a study to figure out what the hell is wrong with 4chan users.
tehprophetJan 24, 2008
This coming from someone who is a year behind the rest of us...
empiricJan 24, 2008
Desperate to use that "not" for something, eh?Still, I'll give you a dollar if you can differentiate this as "explained by evolution" rather than "explained by human survival design".
missingnoh4xJan 24, 2008
And here I thought it was just because I found the meme funny.
chetyreJan 24, 2008
NEDM.
Closed AccountJan 24, 2008
this coming from someone with no argument.
madscientist440Jan 25, 2008
Anyone who buried this comment want to explain your reasoning? Cats are cute because, for thousands of years, human beings have bred cats they find cute and kept them as pets. That is a simple and powerful truth. Artificial selection is responsible for our affinity of cats and dogs. Am I missing something here?