Brief exposure to infants activates social and intergroup vigilance

• Main Authors: Cheon, Bobby, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Parental Care System; Intergroup Bias
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143244
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Among humans, simply looking at infants can activate affiliative and nurturant behaviors. However, it remains unknown whether mere exposure to infants also activates other aspects of the caregiving motivational system, such as generalized defensiveness in the absence of immediate threats. Here, we d...