Brief exposures: Male sexual orientation is accurately perceived at 50 ms

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1100-1105

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgmental accuracy; Nonverbal behavior; Person perception; Sexual orientation; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549086939     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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