Lincoln School of Psychology News
Women’s professional self-identity impacts on childcare balance, but not men’s Woman working Woman working Research shows that a mother’s self-identity impacts on the amount of time she and her partner spends caring for their child. The new study, by the University of Lincoln, UK, and the University of Cambridge, has found that the more a…
Children as young as three are able to recognise the same ‘cute’ infantile facial features in humans and animals which encourage caregiving behaviour in adults, new research has shown. A study investigating whether youngsters can identify baby-like characteristics – a set of traits known as the ‘baby schema’ – across different species has revealed for…
Professor Kerstin Meints from the School of Psychology has been chosen to deliver a talk on the relationship between children and dogs at the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ), taking place in Austria’s capital between 19th July and 22nd July. The theme of the conference is Animals and Humans Together: Integration in Society. It has…
Zamira Noh, PhD student in Psychology, has scooped one of the top awards for ‘best student paper’ at the prestigious International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) held at the Palais des Congres, Paris from 8th – 13th July. Zamira’s work examines something she calls a neighbour effect that suggests we are more likely to be…
What makes a face cute? Why do children and adults love puppies and kittens? What is it that makes them so cute. This is part of Marta Borgi’s and Kerstin Meints’research, which was featured in the Mirror today. You can read the article in the Mirror here.