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Unattractive infant faces elicit negative affect from adults |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA;2. Kibogora District Hospital, Kibogora, Rwanda;3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda;4. Department of Clinical Research, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda |
| Abstract: | We examined the relationship between infant attractiveness and adult affect by investigating whether differing levels of infant facial attractiveness elicit facial muscle movement correlated with positive and negative affect from adults (N = 87) using electromyography. Unattractive infant faces evoked significantly more corrugator supercilii and levator labii superioris movement (physiological correlates of negative affect) than attractive infant faces. These results suggest that unattractive infants may be at risk for negative affective responses from adults, though the relationship between those responses and caregiving behavior remains elusive. |
| Keywords: | Attractiveness Electromyography EMG Infant facial attractiveness |
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