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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Senese, Vincenzo Paolo ^a   De Falco, Simona ^b   Bornstein, Marc H ^c   Caria, Andrea ^d   Buffolino, Simona ^a   Venuti, Paola ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CAT; DOG; FACE; HUMAN; INFANT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CATS; CUES; DOGS; FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84894225823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080379     Document Type: Article

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