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| Title |
Sweet Puppies and Cute Babies: Perceptual Adaptation to Babyfacedness Transfers across Species
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058248 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jessika Golle, Stephanie Lisibach, Fred W. Mast, Janek S. Lobmaier |
| Abstract |
Infant faces are very salient stimuli. The Kindchenschema describes specific features that characterize a cute infant face. In this study we used a visual adaptation paradigm to investigate the universality of the perceptual properties of the Kindchenschema. In Experiment 1, twenty-four participants adapted to cute and less cute human infant faces and in Experiment 2, twenty-four new participants adapted to cute and less cute faces of puppy dogs. In both experiments the task was to assess the cuteness of subsequently presented human infant faces. The results revealed cuteness after-effects for human infant faces in both adaptation conditions, suggesting a common mechanism coding cuteness in human and non-human faces. This study provides experimental evidence for the universality of the well-described concept of the Kindchenschema. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 35 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 20% |
| Japan | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 16 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 24 | 69% |
| Scientists | 8 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 107 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 103 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 15% |
| Researcher | 4 | 4% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 28 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 33 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 77. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 January 2024.
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