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SUBMITTER: Gaetano J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4747496 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaetano Justin J van der Zwan Rick R Oxner Matthew M Hayward William G WG Doring Natalie N Blair Duncan D Brooks Anna A
PloS one 20160209 2
Visually judging the sex of another can be achieved easily in most social encounters. When the signals that inform such judgements are weak (e.g. outdoors at night), observers tend to expect the presence of males-an expectation that may facilitate survival-critical decisions under uncertainty. The present aim was to examine whether this male bias depends on expertise. To that end, Caucasian and Asian observers targeted female and male hand images that were either the same or different to the obs ...[more]