Are Average and Symmetric Faces Attractive to Infants? Discrimination and Looking Preferences
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perception
- Vol. 31 (3), 315-321
- https://doi.org/10.1068/p3129
Abstract
Young infants prefer to look at faces that adults find attractive, suggesting a biological basis for some face preferences. However, the basis for infant preferences is not known. Adults find avera...Keywords
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