Effects of to-be-ignored information on performance judging point light walker sex

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Event Abstract Back to Event Effects of to-be-ignored information on performance judging point light walker sex Anna Brooks1* and Jacalyn Hall1 1 Southern Cross University, Psychology, Australia Thornton and Vuong (2004) reported that to-be-ignored ‘flankers’ systematically influence judgements of ‘target’ point light walkers (PLWs). Specifically, they showed that the task of identifying direction-of-facing was most difficult when PLW targets were presented with flankers facing in the opposite direction. Applying the same techniques, the present study tested whether similar effects arise when judging another important other-person characteristic: biological sex. Specifically, in a series of experiments we tested whether to-be-ignored peripheral male PLWs impede observer ability to identify female targets, and vice versa. Implications of our results for models of sex identification are discussed. Acknowledgements Mr Duncan Blair References Thornton, I. M. & Vuong, Q. C. (2004). Incidental processing of biological motion. Current Biology, 14, 1084-1089. Keywords: Sex perception, flanker task, point light walker, incidental processing, Biological motion Conference: ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 29 Nov - 2 Dec, 2012. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Emotion and Social Citation: Brooks A and Hall J (2012). Effects of to-be-ignored information on performance judging point light walker sex. Conference Abstract: ACNS-2012 Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2012.208.00126 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 14 Oct 2012; Published Online: 17 Nov 2012. * Correspondence: Dr. Anna Brooks, Southern Cross University, Psychology, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450, Australia, anna.brooks@scu.edu.au Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Anna Brooks Jacalyn Hall Google Anna Brooks Jacalyn Hall Google Scholar Anna Brooks Jacalyn Hall PubMed Anna Brooks Jacalyn Hall Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.