Embodied perception with others’ bodies in mind: stereotype priming influence on the perception of spatial environment

Abstract: "It has been shown that spatial perception is not only a function of optical variables but also a function of people’s physiological potential. When this potential is reduced, either due to age or fatigue, individuals have been observed to report hills steeper and distances longer. Two studies have demonstrated that the experience of an actual reduction in capacities is not necessary. After being primed with the elderly category, young participants estimated the gradient of various pathways and that of a hill steeper (Study 1) and distances across a grassy field longer (Study 2) than their non-primed counterparts. The activation of a social category has often been found to result in stereotype-congruent behaviors. The present findings indicate that, in addition to this well-documented behavioral mimetism, this activation also leads to perceptual mimetism. I suggest that it helps facilitate social interactions by investing the partners with a shared vision of their environment." [au

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ; 45 (2008) 1 ; 283-287

Classification
Psychologie

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2008
Creator
Chambon, Michel

DOI
10.1016/j.jesp.2008.08.023
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-277641
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Chambon, Michel

Time of origin

  • 2008

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