2024
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0570
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Lorenz’s classic ‘baby schema’: a useful biological concept?

Yuri Kawaguchi,
Bridget M. Waller

Abstract: Konrad Lorenz introduced the concept of a ‘baby schema’, suggesting that infants have specific physical features, such as a relatively large head, large eyes and protruding cheeks, which function as an innate releaser to promote caretaking motivation from perceivers. Over the years, a large body of research has been conducted on the baby schema. However, there are two critical problems underpinning the current literature. First, the term ‘baby schema’ lacks consistency among researchers. Some researchers use t… Show more

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