Human infant faces provoke implicit positive affective responses in parents and non-parents alike.

Human infants' complete dependence on adult caregiving suggests that mechanisms associated with adult responsiveness to infant cues might be deeply embedded in the brain. Behavioural and neuroimaging research has produced converging evidence for adults' positive disposition to infant cues,...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Simona De Falco, Marc H Bornstein, Andrea Caria, Simona Buffolino, Paola Venuti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3840010?pdf=render