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The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage (2000)
Journal Article
Reissland, N. (2000). The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18, 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151000165634

In research on cradling, the leftward cradling bias has been observed in the context of holding infants ranging in age from birth to 18 months. Mothers' expression of emotion and their control of infant emotion may influence cradling preference (e.g.... Read More about The cradling bias in relation to pitch of maternal child-directedlanguage.

Symmetry and human facial attractiveness (1999)
Journal Article
Perrett, D., Burt, D., Penton-Voak, I., Lee, K., Rowland, D., & Edwards, R. (1999). Symmetry and human facial attractiveness. Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 295-307

Symmetry may act as a marker of phenotypic and genetic quality and is preferred during mate selection in a variety of species. Measures of human body symmetry correlate with attractiveness, but studies manipulating human face images report a preferen... Read More about Symmetry and human facial attractiveness.