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Children, even newborn babies have been known to look at faces they find visually appealing for longer - aka attractive faces.
The preference this due to it being:
- More symmetrical
- More prototypical
- Easier for a baby’s brain to process
So “attractive” = visually simple and familiar to their developing brain, aka socially “good-looking.”
You can almost base your assumptions primarily off infants

But then again, of course they can still stare at your face, it is just More Likely that they are staring at your due to looks.
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The preference this due to it being:
- More symmetrical
- More prototypical
- Easier for a baby’s brain to process
So “attractive” = visually simple and familiar to their developing brain, aka socially “good-looking.”
You can almost base your assumptions primarily off infants
But then again, of course they can still stare at your face, it is just More Likely that they are staring at your due to looks.
Preference for attractive faces in human infants extends beyond conspecifics - PMC
Human infants, just a few days of age, are known to prefer attractive human faces. We examined whether this preference is human-specific. Three- to 4-month-olds preferred attractive over unattractive domestic and wild cat (tiger) faces (Experiments ...
If You Often Catch Kids Staring At You, Science Says This Is Probably What They’re Thinking
A psychological study may have the answer as to why kids like and trust some people, and despise others. Depending on how kids react to you, this may either be good news or bad news.
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The most brutal thing about children
Is that if one of them stares at you, there's actually a solid chance you are the ONLY ugly guy they've seen, they haven't been around long enough to see that many faces so the chances that I'm the only young white no glasses no beard average height average weight guy they have seen that they...
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