Individuals with Psychopathic Traits and Poor Attitudes towards Animals Can Recognise Infant Features But Give Them Reduced Attentional Priority

Infant features are physical traits that are characteristic of human infants and include facial features such as large and low-lying eyes, and a small nose and mouth. Animals possessing high levels of infant features elicit care-giving responses in humans. Despite this, animal cruelty is a common oc...

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Main Authors: Grace A. Carroll, Leah R. Cohen, Aideen McParland, Sam Jack, V. Tamara Montrose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/4/721