This research seeks to expand on the current literature surrounding scientific and aesthetic concepts of cuteness through a biosemiotic lens. By first re-evaluating Konrad Lorenz’s Kindchenschema, and identifying the importance of schematic vs featural perception, we identify the presence of a series of perceptual errors that underlie existing research on cuteness. There is, then, a need to better understand the cognitive structure underlying one’s perception of cuteness. We go on to employ the methodological framework of Modeling Systems Theory to identify and establish the forms that underlie both the encoding and decoding of cute phenomena. In redefining cuteness as a cohesive code, and establishing Kindchenschema as a schematic metaform, we set the foundation for the incorporation of biological and cultural theories of cuteness. This research offers an initial methodological framework for the examination of cute artifacts, that can be utilized in the fields of normative aesthetics, marketing, and design.

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对可爱进行建模：朝着一种生物符号学模型理解理解可爱和Kindchenschema的想法

这项研究旨在通过生物符号学镜头，扩展有关可爱性的科学和美学概念的现有文献。通过首先重新评估康拉德·洛伦兹（Konrad Lorenz）的Kindchenschema，并确定示意图与自然感知的重要性，我们确定了存在一系列基于现有可爱性的知觉错误。因此，需要更好地理解一个人的可爱感背后的认知结构。我们继续采用建模系统理论的方法框架来识别和建立可爱现象的编码和解码基础。重新定义可爱性作为内聚代码并建立Kindchenschema作为示意图的变形形式，我们为结合可爱的生物学和文化理论奠定了基础。这项研究为检查可爱的文物提供了一个初始的方法框架，该框架可用于规范美学，市场营销和设计领域。