Adults’ implicit associations to infant positive and negative acoustic cues: Moderation by empathy and gender

• Main Authors: Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Venuti, Paola, Giordano, Francesca, Napolitano, Maria, Esposito, Gianluca, Bornstein, Marc H.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Auditory; Implicit affective associations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82266; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41178
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study a novel auditory version of the Single Category Implicit Association Test (SC-IAT-A) was developed to investigate (a) the valence of adults' associations to infant cries and laughs, (b) moderation of implicit associations by gender and empathy, and (c) the robustness of implicit a...