Preferences for infant facial features in pet dogs and cats

By J. Archer, Soraya Monton. 2011

178 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Small Animals

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/6f9e2bf4774efe53408ec6c2a40c0d414038cb2d

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. F. Cirulli
2. M. Borgi
3. Brock Bastian
4. J. Serpell
5. Catherine E. Amiot

In Genetics

1. F. Cirulli
2. M. Borgi
3. J. A. Griffin
4. N. Gee
5. S. McCune
6. Brock Bastian
7. J. Serpell
8. D. Duffy

In Small Animals

1. F. Cirulli
2. M. Borgi
3. J. A. Griffin
4. N. Gee
5. S. McCune
6. J. Serpell
7. D. Duffy
8. Y. Hsu

Citations in the corpus

• Attitudes toward Animals among Kindergarten Children: Species Preferences (2015, background): “…represented as highly anthropomorphized, or that are perceived as infantile and cute, evoke positive affect (Kellert and Westervelt 1984; lawrence 1986; Gunnthorsdottir 2001; Serpell 2002) and are consistently preferred both by adults and children (archer and monton 2011; Borgi and Cirulli 2013).”
• People and Companion Animals: It Takes Two to Tango (2016, background): “In support of this contention, faces with infant features—including baby animal faces—are rated by adult participants as more attractive than those without such features (Archer and Monton 2011).”
• Current challenges to research on animal-assisted interventions (2017, background): “Similar responses are elicited by pedomorphic (child-like) images of animals (Archer & Monton, 2011; Golle, Lisibach, Mast, & Lobmaier, 2013; Hecht & Horowitz, 2015; Lehmann, Huis i’nt Veld, & Vingerhoets, 2013; Little, 2012; Waller et al., 2013), although the perceived cuteness of pets such as…”