An fNIRS investigation of masculinity, femininity and sex on nonparents’ empathic response to infant cries

• Main Authors: Ng, Xinyao, Ng, Li Ying, Gabrieli, Giulio, Azhari, Atiqah, Neoh, Michelle Jin Yee, Esposito, Gianluca
• 其他作者: School of Social Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2021
• 主題: Social sciences::Psychology; fNIRS; Infant Cry
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149722
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

According to societal stereotypes, the female sex and people who are more feminine have been considered to be more empathic than males and people who are more masculine. Therefore, females and feminine individuals are expected to respond more empathically to an infant’s cries. While this hypothesis...