[HTML][HTML] The intricate web of asymmetric processing of social stimuli in humans

D Marzoli, A D'Anselmo, G Malatesta, C Lucafò… - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although the population-level preference for the use of the right hand is the clearest
example of behavioral lateralization, it represents only the best-known instance of a variety …

Handedness as a major determinant of lateral bias in human functional cradling

ALH van der Meer - Infancy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Studies examining infant cradling have almost uniformly concluded with a general human
left‐side bias for cradling, indicating that people prefer to hold an infant to the left of their …

Human lateralization, maternal effects and neurodevelopmental disorders

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, G Prete… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In humans, behavioral laterality and hemispheric asymmetries are part of a complex
biobehavioral system in which genetic factors have been repeatedly proposed as …

Received cradling bias during the first year of life: A retrospective study on children with typical and atypical development

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, F Apicella, C Abiuso… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A population-level left cradling bias exists whereby 60–90% of mothers hold their infants on
the left side. This left biased positioning appears to be mutually beneficial to both the mother …

Human-like maternal left-cradling bias in monkeys is altered by social pressure

G Boulinguez-Ambroise, E Pouydebat, É Disarbois… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract About 66–72% of human mothers cradle their infants on their left side. Given that
left-cradling exposes the baby's face to the mother's left visual field (ie, mainly projected to …

Crying the blues: The configural processing of infant face emotions and its association with postural biases

G Malatesta, V Manippa, L Tommasi - Attention, Perception, & …, 2022 - Springer
Several studies have exploited the face inversion paradigm to unveil the mechanisms
underlying the processing of adult faces, showing that emotion recognition relies more on a …

[HTML][HTML] Keep a left profile, baby! The left-cradling bias is associated with a preference for left-facing profiles of human babies

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, L Tommasi - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
The left-cradling bias (LCB) refers to the (typically female) preference to hold an infant on the
left side of one's own body. Among the three main accounts proposed for such a …

Functional lateralization in social-emotional processing: The influence of sexual orientation and gender identity on cradling preferences

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, C Lucafò, A D'Anselmo… - Early human …, 2024 - Elsevier
The left-cradling bias (ie, the motor asymmetry for cradling infants on the left side) has often
been associated to the right-hemispheric social-emotional specialization, and it has often …

The role of ethnic prejudice in the modulation of cradling lateralization

G Malatesta, D Marzoli, L Morelli, M Pivetti… - Journal of Nonverbal …, 2021 - Springer
The left-cradling bias is the tendency to cradle an infant on the left side, regardless of the
individuals' handedness, culture or ethnicity. Many studies revealed associations between …

Social touch in the age of computational ethology: Embracing as a multidimensional and complex behaviour

S Ocklenburg, J Packheiser, G Hidalgo-Gadea - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Social affective touch is an important aspect of close relationships in humans. It has been
also observed in many non-human primate species. Despite the high relevance of …