Recalibrating gender perception: Face aftereffects and the perceptual underpinnings of gender-related biases

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1259-1276

  Lick, David J ^a   Johnson, Kerri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Gender bias; Gendered phenotypes; Social vision; Visual aftereffects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEXISM; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84901307672     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034516     Document Type: Article

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