Effects on cleft lip on adults' perception of infants

Last updated on Jan 29, 2025

This project uses eye-tracking, behavioural observation, and questionnaires to explore how the presence of infant cleft lip influences adult gaze and perceptions of infants, and how this may influence early parent-infant interactions.

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Holly Rayson
Holly Rayson
Postdoctoral researcher

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In the mind of the beholder: The effects of familiarisation on the perception of atypical infant facial configurations
Infant facial attractiveness is an important facilitator for adult-infant caregiving behaviour. Disruption to typical infant facial …
Benjamin W Hunt, Holly Rayson, Colin Bannard, Leonardo De Pascalis
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In the mind of the beholder: The effects of familiarisation on the perception of atypical infant facial configurations
Effects of infant cleft lip on adult gaze and perceptions of “cuteness”
Objective. Early mother-infant interactions are impaired in the context of infant cleft lip and are associated with adverse child …
Holly Rayson, Christine E Parsons, Katherine S Young, Timothy EE Goodacre, Morten L Kringelbach, James J Bonaiuto, Eugene McSorley, Lynne Murray
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Maternal gaze to the infant face: Effects of infant age and facial configuration during mother-infant engagement in the first nine weeks
Background. Adult gaze plays an important role in early infant development, and infants are highly sensitive to its presence and …
Leonardo De Pascalis, Natalie Kkeli, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Louise Dalton, Kyla Vaillancourt, Holly Rayson, Sarah Bicknell, Tim Goodacre, Peter Cooper, Alan Stein, Lynne Murray
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