He throws like a girl (but only when he's sad): Emotion affects sex-decoding of biological motion displays

Cognition

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-280

  Johnson, Kerri L ^a   McKay, Lawrie S ^b   Pollick, Frank E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Emotion perception; Gender stereotypes; Point light display; Sex perception

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY MOVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952815277     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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