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- Title
On the perception of religious group membership from faces.
- Authors
Rule, Nicholas O; Garrett, James V; Ambady, Nalini
- Abstract
The study of social categorization has largely been confined to examining groups distinguished by perceptually obvious cues. Yet many ecologically important group distinctions are less clear, permitting insights into the general processes involved in person perception. Although religious group membership is thought to be perceptually ambiguous, folk beliefs suggest that Mormons and non-Mormons can be categorized from their appearance. We tested whether Mormons could be distinguished from non-Mormons and investigated the basis for this effect to gain insight to how subtle perceptual cues can support complex social categorizations.
- Publication
PloS one, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 12, pe14241
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0014241