Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness Perception and ...
Here, we experimentally tested the effects of baby schema on the perception of cuteness and the motivation for caretaking using photographs of infant faces.
Cuteness - Wikipedia
Lorenz proposed the concept of baby schema (Kindchenschema), a set of facial and body features that make a creature appear "cute" and activate ("release") in others the motivation to care for it. [2] Cuteness may be ascribed to people as well as things that are regarded as attractive or charming.
Lorenz’s classic ‘baby schema’: a useful biological concept?
2024年6月19日 · Konrad Lorenz introduced the concept of a ‘baby schema’, suggesting that infants have specific physical features, such as a relatively large head, large eyes and protruding cheeks, which function as an innate releaser to promote caretaking motivation from perceivers. Over the years, a large body of research has been conducted on the baby schema.
Baby Schema - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
A 'Baby Schema' refers to a set of physical features such as a large, round head, big eyes, small nose and mouth, and chubby cheeks that elicit parental nurturance and caregiving behaviors towards infants and children.
Baby schema in human and animal faces induces cuteness ...
2014年5月6日 · In children, the baby schema affects both cuteness perception and gaze allocation to infantile stimuli and to specific facial features. Our findings confirm the generalization of the baby schema response to animals, specifically to …
Revisiting the baby schema by a geometric morphometric ...
2023年3月29日 · Infants across species are thought to exhibit specific facial features (termed the “baby schema”, such as a relatively bigger forehead and eyes, and protruding cheeks), with an adaptive function...
The baby schema effect in adolescence and its difference from ...
2020年10月1日 · The baby schema effect induced by particular features of baby faces acts as an innate releasing mechanism that evokes positive emotions and instinctual behavioral responses. Our prior research in adults has revealed that this effect initially found in …