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Neural systems and hormones mediating attraction to infant and child faces

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 adaptive trait for promoting protective and caregiving behaviors in adults, thereby increasing the chances of infant surviva...

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Autores principales: Luo, Lizhu, Ma, Xiaole, Zheng, Xiaoxiao, Zhao, Weihua, Xu, Lei, Becker, Benjamin, Kendrick, Keith M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4505392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236256
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00970