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ArticleAttention, perception & psychophysics2026

Gender differences in attentional orienting to infant gaze: Evidence from a modified central cueing paradigm.

Chunyan Liu, Bin Zhan, Xiqian Lu, Yi Jiang

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Chunyan LiuState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Bin ZhanState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Xiqian LuState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. luxq@psych.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4906-6134
Yi JiangState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. yijiang@psych.ac.cn.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 31830037STI2030-Major Projects 2021ZD0203800
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Abstract

Attentional orienting in response to infants' gaze is crucial for effective caregiving and interaction with infants, yet it has often been overlooked in previous studies. Using a modified central cueing paradigm, this study measured gaze-cueing effect (GCE) in response to infant versus adult faces (N = 115). Results showed that male participants exhibited a negligible GCE to infant faces, significantly smaller than their response to adult faces. In contrast, female participants exhibited significant GCEs to both infant and adult faces. This gender difference disappeared when the infant faces were partially scrambled to obscure facial features, leaving only the eyes visible. These findings highlight distinct processing of infant gaze between males and females, providing new evidence of gender differences in the processing of infant-related stimuli.

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AttentionCuesFacial RecognitionFixation, OcularOrientationAdultFemaleHumansInfantMaleSex FactorsYoung AdultEye gazeGaze-cueing effectGender differencesInfant gaze

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PMID41731216

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