[New post] Racial biases shape the way people interpret body poses

BPS Research Digest posted: " By Emma Young People reliably interpret expansive poses — with the arms and legs spread and the head held high — as a signal of dominance, or power. But work to date on perceptions of body poses has focused on White targets, note the authors of a new " Research Digest Racial biases shape the way people interpret body poses BPS Research Digest Jul 4 By Emma Young People reliably interpret expansive poses — with the arms and legs spread and the head held high — as a signal of dominance, or power. But work to date on perceptions of body poses has focused on White targets, note the authors of a new paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition. As research shows that Black people are often stereotyped as aggressive, hostile and threatening, might an expansive pose lead others to perceive them as being more aggressive than a White person holding their body in exactly the same way? Francine Karmali at the University of Toronto and Kerry Kawakami at York University found this is indeed the case — at least for Black men. They also report evidence that this could have all kinds of impacts on a Black man's professional and personal life. Read more of this post Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Research Digest. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2022/07/04/racial-biases-shape-the-way-people-interpret-body-poses/ Powered by WordPress.com