Perceptual simulation in gender categorization: associations between gender, vertical height, and spatial size.

The current studies extend perceptual symbol systems theory to the processing of gender categorization by revealing that gender categorization recruits perceptual simulations of spatial height and size dimensions. In study 1, categorization of male faces were faster when the faces were in the "...

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Main Authors: Xiaobin Zhang, Qiong Li, Kendall J Eskine, Bin Zuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3934924?pdf=render