Pet face: Mechanisms underlying human-animal relationships

M Borgi, F Cirulli - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Accumulating behavioral and neurophysiological studies support the idea of infantile (cute)
faces as highly biologically relevant stimuli rapidly and unconsciously capturing attention …

Neural and behavioral responses to attractiveness in adult and infant faces

AC Hahn, DI Perrett - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Facial attractiveness provides a very powerful motivation for sexual and parental behavior.
We therefore review the importance of faces to the study of neurobiological control of human …

Sex differences in social cognition: The case of face processing

AM Proverbio - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Several studies have demonstrated that women show a greater interest for social
information and empathic attitude than men. This article reviews studies on sex differences …

Manipulation of infant‐like traits affects perceived cuteness of infant, adult and cat faces

AC Little - Ethology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Physical traits that are characteristic of human infants are referred to as baby‐schema, and
the notion that these affect perception of cuteness and elicit care giving from adults has a …

Sex differences in the social brain and in social cognition

AM Proverbio - Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies have reported sex differences in empathy and social skills. In this review,
several lines of empirical evidences about sex differences in functions and anatomy of social …

Neural systems and hormones mediating attraction to infant and child faces

L Luo, X Ma, X Zheng, W Zhao, L Xu, B Becker… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
We find infant faces highly attractive as a result of specific features which Konrad Lorenz
termed “Kindchenschema” or “baby schema,” and this is considered to be an important …

The evolution of parenting and evolutionary approaches to childrearing

DF Bjorklund, AJ Myers - Handbook of parenting, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Child and developmental psychologists, sociologists, educators, and policy makers have
long viewed parenting and the family as the most significant influence on the developing …

Trends in popularity of some morphological traits of purebred dogs in Australia

KT Teng, PD McGreevy, JALML Toribio… - Canine genetics and …, 2016 - Springer
Background The morphology of dogs can provide information about their predisposition to
some disorders. For example, larger breeds are predisposed to hip dysplasia and many …

[图书][B] How children invented humanity: The role of development in human evolution

DF Bjorklund - 2020 - books.google.com
Infants and children are the often-ignored heroes when it comes to understanding human
evolution. Evolutionary pressures acted upon the young of our ancestors more powerfully …

Research on the influence of the baby schema effect on the cuteness and trustworthiness of social robot faces

CH Chen, X Jia - International Journal of Advanced Robotic …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Exploring people's attitudes toward the appearance design of social robots in a low-cost and
efficient way, and enhancing the experience of human–robot interaction have always been …