Preference for attractive faces in human infants extends beyond ...
Human infants, just a few days of age, are known to prefer attractive human faces. We examined whether this preference is human-specific. Three- to 4-month-olds preferred attractive over unattractive domestic and wild cat (tiger) faces (Experiments ...
the averaged faces are judged by adults to be attractive (e.g., Young & Bruce, 1998). The interpretation of the attractiveness effect in infants that results from this finding is that attractive faces are seen as more “facelike” because they more closely match the prototype that infants have formed from their experience of see-ing faces.
Babies prefer to gaze upon beautiful faces - New Scientist
2004年9月6日 · Newborn babies prefer to look at attractive faces, says a UK researcher, suggesting that face recognition is hardwired at birth, rather than learned.
Newborn infants prefer attractive faces - ScienceDirect
1998年1月1日 · According to this interpretation attractive faces are seen as more "face-like" because they match more closely the prototype that infants have formed from their experience of seeing faces.
A Review of Attractiveness Preferences in Infancy: From Faces to ...
2017年7月19日 · Despite some interpersonal variability, judgments of facial attractiveness are largely shared by most individuals, both within and between cultures. Infants are also sensitive to attractive faces even before being influenced by cultural standards of beauty.
Infant preferences for attractive faces: Rudiments of a …
A standard visual preference technique was used in which infants were shown pairs of color slides of the faces of adult women previously rated by other adults for attractiveness. The results showed that both the older and younger infants looked longer at attractive faces when the faces were presented in contrasting pairs of attractiveness ...
Newborn Infants' Preference for Attractive Faces: The
Indeed, the preference for beauty appears innate: newborn infants also prefer to look at attractive faces: experiments show that most babies spend more time focusing on attractive faces...
Newborn infants prefer attractive faces - ScienceDirect
1998年1月1日 · Several previous experiments have found that infants 2 months of age and older will spend more time looking at attractive faces when these are shown paired with faces judged by adults to be unattractive.
The role of orientation in newborn infants’ preference for attractive faces
Pairs of attractive and less attractive faces (as judged by adults) were shown to newborn infants (mean age 2 days 20.5 hours), where each pair was presented both upright and inverted through...
Infant preferences for attractive faces: A cognitive explanation.
Research on infant face perception has shown that infants' preferences for attractive faces exist well before socialization from parents, peers, and the media can affect these preferences.