Parental responses to human infants (and puppy dogs): Evidence that the perception of eyes is especially influential, but eye contact is not.

Дата публикации: 11-09-2026 00:00:00

The present investigation tests: (i) whether the perception of an human infants eyes, relative to other facial features, especially strongly elicits parental responses (e.g., appraisals of cuteness and vulnerability); (ii) if, so, whether effects of the visual perception of eyes may be partially attributable to eye contact; (iii) whether the perception of non-human animals (puppy dogs) eyes also especially strongly influence appraisals of their cuteness and vulnerability; and (iv) whether individual differences in caregiving motives moderate effects. Results from 5 experiments (total N = 1458 parents and non-parents) provided empirical evidence to evaluate these hypotheses: Appraisals of human infants were influenced especially strongly by the visual perception of human infants eyes (compared to other facial features); these effects do not appear to be attributable to eye contact; the visual perception of eyes influenced appraisals of puppy dogs, but not exactly in the same way...

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