Stronger brain activation for own baby but similar activation toward babies of own and different ethnicities in parents living in a multicultural environment

• Main Authors: Raghunath, Bindiya Lakshmi, Sng, Kelly Hwee Leng, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing, Vijayaragavan, Vimalan, Gulyás, Balázs, Setoh, Peipei, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Brain; Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171218
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Specific facial features in infants automatically elicit attention, affection, and nurturing behaviour of adults, known as the baby schema effect. There is also an innate tendency to categorize people into in-group and out-group members based on salient features such as ethnicity. Societies are beco...