Gender Differences in the Motivational Processing of Babies Are Determined by Their Facial Attractiveness

Rinah Yamamoto; Dan Ariely; Won Chi; Daniel D. Langleben; Igor Elman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006042

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Gender Differences in the Motivational Processing of Babies Are Determined by Their Facial Attractiveness

Rinah Yamamoto,

Affiliation Clinical Psychopathology Laboratory, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dan Ariely,

Affiliation Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Won Chi,

Affiliation Clinical Psychopathology Laboratory, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel D. Langleben,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Igor Elman

* E-mail: ielman@partners.org

Affiliation Clinical Psychopathology Laboratory, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gender Differences in the Motivational Processing of Babies Are Determined by Their Facial Attractiveness

Rinah Yamamoto,
Dan Ariely,
Won Chi,
Daniel D. Langleben,
Igor Elman

Published: June 24, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006042

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Confused

Posted by student25 on 12 Jun 2012 at 08:56 GMT

I am confused how this study determined this outcome. The fact of mothers unconditional love to a baby in NOT any baby but her own. A woman/mother will most likely find her baby perfect and beautiful but will easily find others as unattractive. The research being done by showing another persons' baby does not determine her own feelings towards her own baby. Also, the fact that they kept the photos on for a shorter time to me would just prove that it's a matter of their heart wrenching at a site that should be perfect as the other of a "cute" baby. Of course there may be mothers who abandon their baby's because of their unattractiveness but there are just as many unattractive baby's that are not. This study seems very basic and not at all professional. Thank you.

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