Baby schema features trigger innate caregiving responses in humans
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
refutedsupported
the weight of evidence
1 source for · 0 against
AS REPORTEDno primary record reached; this is what the reporting says
Scientific ethology concepts introduced by Konrad Lorenz establish that infant facial and body features activate innate caregiving motivations in humans.
There is an implication that baby schema response is crucial to human development because it lays the foundation for caregiving and the relationship between
Cuteness is a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz proposed the concept of baby schema (Kindchenschema), a set of facial and body features that make a creature appear "cute" and activate ("release") in others the motivation to care for it.