For the RewP, based on previous studies ( Oumeziane and Foti, 2016) mean amplitude was calculated for each condition as the average of frontocentral electrodes (Fz, FC1, FC2) between 250 and 350 ms. Dimorphous expressions of positive emotion: displays of both care and aggression in response to cute stimuli. We hypothesized that amplitude of the N200 when viewing “more cute” pictures would relate to expressions of cute aggression either in mediation models or simple correlations. During her swap with Mitsuru, Mego befriends and falls in love with school delinquent Aoi Sanada, a boy with a troubled past and an eye patch, similar to Masamune's. Taken together, these findings have identified the N200 as a neural correlate of emotional significance.

To measure emotion and reward processing, the baseline period was -200 to 0 ms, and the data were epoched from -200 to 800 ms.We also measured whether individuals’ self-reports about actions related to cute aggression were correlated with behavioral ratings of cute aggression in the current study.

In terms of neural mechanisms, cute aggression is related to both reward processing and emotional salience. Serial mediation model of the effect of caretaking on the outcome of cute aggression, mediated by appraisal and feeling overwhelmed for “more cute” animals.

We found a significant correlation between RewP amplitude for cute animals and behavioral ratings of cute aggression toward cute animals. Considering that the photographs are of the same babies and that all participants in the current study saw all conditions, it seems plausible that lack of differences in the N200 (and behavioral ratings) can be explained by the two conditions not being sufficiently different for this type of within-subjects design.

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