A cross-culture, cross-gender comparison of perspective taking mechanisms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1785, 2014, Pages

  Kessler, Klaus ^a,b   Cao, Liyu ^a   O'Shea, Kieran J ^a   Wang, Hongfang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture differences; Egocentric bias; Embodied transformation; Gender differences; Line of sight; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GENDER ROLE; HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE;

COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84902687842     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0388     Document Type: Article

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