Adults with siblings like children's faces more than those without

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-156

  Luo, Lizhu ^a   Kendrick, Keith M ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Lee, Kang ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baby schema; Children's faces; Infant faces; Likeability; Rearing experience; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUDGMENT; MALE; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908431733     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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