Glued to Which Face? Attentional Priority Effect of Female Babyface and Male Mature Face.

ABSTRACT: A more babyfaced individual is perceived as more child-like and this impression from babyface, as known as babyface effect, has an impact on social life among various age groups. In this study, the influence of babyfaces on visual selective attention was tested by cognitive task, demonstrating that the female babyface and male mature face would draw participants' attention so that they take their eyes off more slowly. In Experiment 1, a detection task was applied to test the influence of babyfaces on visual selective attention. In this experiment, a babyface and a mature face with the same gender were presented simultaneously with a letter on one of them. The reaction time was shorter when the target letter was overlaid with a female babyface or male mature face, suggesting an attention ca

SUBMITTER: Zheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845684 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature