The reason for taffy's popularity is the baby schema hypothesis
Abstract
Animal behaviorist Conrad Lorenz has found that certain traits in infants elicit positive emotional responses in humans, including spontaneous smiles, speech, and behavior. Thus, he proposed the hypothesis of baby schema, that is, the typical physical features of newborns of all species, such as big head, high and prominent forehead, big eyes, chubby cheeks, small nose and mouth, stubby limbs, and rounded body shape, can serve as a key visual stimulus that triggers positive emotions and thus promotes relevant behavioral responses [1]. So let's put these characteristics -- they correspond to the character of little taffy.
动物行为学家康拉德洛伦茨发现，婴儿的某些特征会引起人类积极的情感反应，包括自发的微笑、言语、行为等。由此，他提出了婴儿图式的假说， 即所有物种的新生儿典型外貌特征，如大头、高而突出的前额、大眼睛、胖乎乎的脸颊、小鼻子和小嘴、短粗的四肢和圆润的体型，都可作为一种触发人们积极情感，进而促进相关行为反应的关键性视觉刺激[1]。那么我们把这些特征--对应到永雏小菲这一人物形象。
Abstract
Animal behaviorist Conrad Lorenz has found that certain traits in infants elicit positive emotional responses in humans, including spontaneous smiles, speech, and behavior. Thus, he proposed the hypothesis of baby schema, that is, the typical physical features of newborns of all species, such as big head, high and prominent forehead, big eyes, chubby cheeks, small nose and mouth, stubby limbs, and rounded body shape, can serve as a key visual stimulus that triggers positive emotions and thus promotes relevant behavioral responses [1]. So let's put these characteristics -- they correspond to the character of little taffy.
动物行为学家康拉德洛伦茨发现，婴儿的某些特征会引起人类积极的情感反应，包括自发的微笑、言语、行为等。由此，他提出了婴儿图式的假说， 即所有物种的新生儿典型外貌特征，如大头、高而突出的前额、大眼睛、胖乎乎的脸颊、小鼻子和小嘴、短粗的四肢和圆润的体型，都可作为一种触发人们积极情感，进而促进相关行为反应的关键性视觉刺激[1]。那么我们把这些特征--对应到永雏小菲这一人物形象。
