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SUBMITTER: Reali C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4630541 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in psychology 20151103
The present eye-tracking study investigates the effect of gender typicality on the resolution of anaphoric personal pronouns in English. Participants read descriptions of a person performing a typically male, typically female or gender-neutral occupational activity. The description was followed by an anaphoric reference (he or she) which revealed the referent's gender. The first experiment presented roles which were highly typical for men (e.g., blacksmith) or for women (e.g., beautician), the s ...[more]