Reactions to children's faces: Resemblance affects males more than females |
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| Affiliation: | 1. From the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK (V.R, G.C, K.I, S.B.K);2. Department of Eye and Vision Science, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (V.R, S.B.K);3. UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK (M.P);4. Centre for Public Health, Queen''s University Belfast, Belfast, UK (G.V);5. Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy (G.V);6. Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (G.C);7. Department of Ophthalmology, SS Giovanni e Paolo Hospital ULSS12, Venice, Italy (P.L);8. International Center for Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy (D.P, S.F, A.F);9. Ophthalmology Clinic, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy (A.F);10. Ospedali Privati Forlì “Villa Igea”, Department of Ophthalmology, Forlì, Italy (A.C.Y, M.B);11. University of Ferrara, Department of Translational Medicine, Ferrara, Italy (A.C.Y, M.B);12. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (E.L) |
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| Abstract: | Since cuckoldry risk is asymmetrical, we hypothesized that parental investment would be more affected by paternal than maternal resemblance. To test this hypothesis, we asked subjects hypothetical questions about investing in children under conditions in which their faces or those of other people had been morphed with photographs of children. Males were more likely to choose a face they had been morphed with as the most attractive, the child they were most likely to adopt, the child they would like to spend the most time with, the child they would spend US$50 on, and the child they would least resent having to pay child support for. Reactions to children's faces by females were much less affected by resemblance. |
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