title: From unidentified to 'misidentified' newborn: male bias in recognition of sex.
abstract: Our study tests in newborns the perceptual bias described in 1979 by Hildebrandt and Fitzgerald in recognizing the sex of infants, using videorecords instead of still photographs. Analysis showed a tendency for young adults to perceive newborn infants as male immediately after birth, and this perceptual bias diminished if the babies smile.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest. nagyeme@net.sote.hu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molnár
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012904:Smiling / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception; D014741:Video Recording