Tough and tender: Embodied categorization of gender

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-28

  Slepian, Michael L ^a   Weisbuch, Max ^b   Rule, Nicholas O ^c   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

embodiment; gender; social categorization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STIMULATION; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 78951472570     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610390388     Document Type: Article

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