Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …

Cuteness in offspring is a potent protective mechanism that ensures survival for otherwise
completely dependent infants. Previous research has linked cuteness to early ethological …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

Proxemics and neuro-cognitive literature have suggested a close relationship between
social and action functions of near-body space. Here we asked whether interpersonal-social …

Accumulating behavioral and neurophysiological studies support the idea of infantile (cute)
faces as highly biologically relevant stimuli rapidly and unconsciously capturing attention …

This report coordinates assessments of five types of behavioral responses in new mothers to
their own infants' cries with neurobiological responses in new mothers to their own infants' …

Each day approximately three-quarters of a million adults around the world experience the
pleasures and profits as well as the trials and tribulations of becoming a new parent. Each …

Maternal interactions with young occupy most of the reproductive period for female
mammals and are absolutely essential for offspring survival and development. The …

Child and developmental psychologists, sociologists, educators, and policy makers have
long viewed parenting and the family as the most significant influence on the developing …

Brachycephalic dog breeds are highly popular, yet their conformation-related disorders
represent a major welfare concern. It has been suggested that the current popularity of such …