How Do Adults’ Personality Traits Influence Perceptions and Responses to Infant Faces?

Numerous studies have shown that infant facial cues significantly influence adults’ caregiving perceptions and behavior. Infant facial cues may be an adaptive mechanism for infants, as they may provide important information about the infant to a potential caregiver and evoke caregiving behavior. However, there is less research on whether all adults perceive and respond to infant cues similarly. Adults’ individual differences, by way of their...