Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and correlations for the behavioral data
| 1. Cuteness High | 2. Cuteness Normal | 3. Cuteness Low | 4. Cuteness Detection | 5. Caretaking High | 6. Caretaking Normal | 7. Caretaking Low | 8. Parental Care System Activation | 9. Sensitivity | M(SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Cuteness high | 5.81 (1.27) | |||||||||
| 2. Cuteness normal | .96** | 5.82 (1.17) | ||||||||
| 3. Cuteness low | .86** | .85** | 4.75 (1.21) | |||||||
| 4. Cuteness sensitivity | .35* | .29 | – .18 | 1.06 (0.65) | ||||||
| 5. Caretaking high | .81** | .75** | .66** | .35* | 5.79 (1.46) | |||||
| 6. Caretaking normal | .74** | .76** | .59** | .35* | .95** | 5.88 (1.38) | ||||
| 7. Caretaking low | .70** | .66** | .71** | .04 | .92** | .88** | 5.07 (1.45) | |||
| 8. Parental care system activation | .29 | .26 | .25 | .11 | .31 | .28 | .27 | 3.84 (0.46) | ||
| 9. Sensitivity | – .08 | – .08 | – .19 | .19 | – .18 | – .15 | – .24 | – .21 | 24.58 (3.09) | |
| 10. Nonintrusiveness | .10 | .05 | .09 | .02 | – .10 | – .19 | – .07 | – .03 | .51** | 21.73 (2.41) |
Cuteness and caretaking ratings were assessed in the EEG infant cuteness task. Parental care system activation was assessed with a self-report questionnaire. Sensitivity and nonintrusiveness were observed when mother and child were reading a book together.
*p < .05, **p < .01.