Sexual orientation perception involves gendered facial cues

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1318-1331

  Freeman, Jonathan B ^a   Johnson, Kerri L ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

face perception; gender; person perception; sexual orientation; social categorization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957221760     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210378755     Document Type: Article

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