Zebrowitz L, Brownlow S, Olson K. Baby talk to the babyfaced. Journal of Nonverbal BehaviorJournal of Nonverbal Behavior. 1992;16:143–158.
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Accession Number: 1993-21122-001. First Author & Affiliation: Zebrowitz, Leslie A.; Brandeis U, Waltham, MA, US. Other Journal Titles: Environmental Psychology & Nonverbal Behavior. Release Date: 19930601. Publication Type: Journal, (0100); Peer Reviewed Journal, (0110); . Media Covered: Print. Media Available: Electronic; Print. Document Type: Journal Article. Language: English. Major Descriptor: Facial Features; Interpersonal Communication; Physical Appearance; Speech Characteristics. Classification: Linguistics & Language & Speech (2720) . Population: Human (10); . Age Group: Childhood (birth-12 yrs) (100) Preschool Age (2-5 yrs) (160) Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300) . Methodology: Empirical Study. Issue Publication Date: Fal, 1992
Abstract
Investigated the power of an infantile appearance to elicit baby talk (BT) by assessing the use of BT in task instructions to 29 preschoolers (aged 44–54 mo), who were portrayed as either relatively babyfaced or maturefaced. Men and women taught 2 tasks to a randomly selected boy or girl via a telephone conversation after being shown a photograph, which presumably depicted the children whom they were instructing. Paralleling facial differences between babies and adults, babyfaced Ss had rounder faces, larger eyes, thinner eyebrows, and smaller noses than maturefaced Ss. As predicted, adults used more BT when instructing babyfaced than maturefaced Ss. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
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