Study confirms: Cute animals videos are actually good for your health

It’s not procrastinating, it’s self-care

A study from the UK’s University of Leeds has confirmed what YouTube binge-watchers have long known: watching videos of cute animals can uplift your health.

The study examined how seeing pictures and a simple 30-minute animal video could affect blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety. The participants were comprised of stressed-out medical students going through their exams.

After the 30-minute video, the subjects’ average blood pressure improved from 136/88 to the ideal blood pressure range of 115/71, heart rates were down by 6.5%, and anxiety rates dropped by 35% using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

‘I was quite pleasantly surprised that during the session, every single measure for every single participant dropped some – heart rate reduced, blood pressure reduced.‘ shared University of Leeds’ associate professor Andrea Utley, who edited the 30-minute montage herself.

‘When they left, they filled the questionnaire in again and indicated that they were feeling less anxious.’

Though Utley and the team were only able to test out medical students before the pandemic hit, they hope that they can share the video to more test subjects and prove the necessity of cute animal clips once and for all.

‘There were some kittens, there was puppies, there were baby gorillas. There were quokkas. You know — the usual stuff that you would expect.’

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