Since the 1940s, social psychologists have conducted research testing whether it is possible
to accurately identify members of perceptually ambiguous groups. This study quantitatively …

An enormous amount of research on person perception exists. This literature documents
how people form impressions of one another and how these impressions influence …

People derive considerable amounts of information about each other from minimal
nonverbal cues. Apart from characteristics typically regarded as obvious when encountering …

This study investigates a possible relationship between perceived and self-ascribed gender
identity and the respective acoustic correlates in a group of young heterosexual adult …

The authors present a framework to better account for the social dimensions people use to
categorize others and the nuanced stereotypes they hold. Conceiving stereotypes as …

People use facial features (eg, face shape, skin color, eye structure) both in isolation and in
combination to identify others as members of a variety of social categories. For some …

Although there has been considerable research investigating the ability to identify sexual
orientation from static images, or “gaydar,” few studies have considered the role of female …

The face may be the richest source of nonverbal human communication. Facial appearance
purveys reliable information about a diverse array of human characteristics, from one's …

Clinicians make a variety of assessments about their clients, from judging personality traits
to making diagnoses, and a variety of methods are available to do so, ranging from …

Research suggests that humans can communicate emotional states (eg, fear, sadness) via
chemosignals. However, thus far little is known about whether sexual arousal can also be …