27.03.2014 |
magazine issue | 04/2014
written by Michael Slepian
More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

keywords:
person perception / social cognition / impression formation / embodied cognition / metaphor
More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions
People are special. Person perception is quite different from rock perception, for example. Geologists, those with a rock in their shoe, and pet rock owners aside, the perception of a rock is often merely the perception of a collection of lines and surfaces. Yet people are not simply collections of lines and surfaces. People have inner worlds such as mental states and... / more