Dressing up social psychology: Empirically investigating the psychological functions of clothing using the example of symbolic protection

R Gruber, M Häfner, S Kachel - British Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Clothing behaviour remains an understudied research area within social psychology.
Through the present research, we aim to anchor attire as an empirical research subject by …

A matter of brightness, hue, or both? Gender–color associations in Japanese participants

M Mochizuki, N Ota - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Several studies have revealed the conceptual association between gender and hue, with
the typical association of blue with men and red/pink with women through social experience …

When we don't know what we know–Sex and skin color

ML Carrito, GR Semin - Cognition, 2019 - Elsevier
In 3 experiments, we examine how the abstract category of gender, grounded by the
lightness-darkness dimension, derived from the universal sexual dimorphism of skin color, is …

Analysis of skin color variation using CIELAB index: An empirical study from Delhi, India

P Dabas, BP Nayak, H Khajuria, S Jain… - Journal of Indian …, 2024 - indianjournals.com
Skin color is a conspicuous trait regulated by complex metabolic processes and its
significant diversity among Indian populations is quite remarkable making it an ideal choice …

The science of masculine beauty: Key principles and strategies for male aesthetic enhancement

JNT Yu, RMC Pineda, KYG Sun - Journal of the Philippine …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Recently, men and women have become increasingly interested in facial aesthetics.
Although there is a frequent emphasis on female facial aesthetics, male facial aesthetics are …

Uncovering the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of UVB-Induced Melanocyte Stem Cell Activation and Epidermal Migration

L An - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder characterized by the destruction of epidermal
melanocytes by CD8+ T cells. The primary approaches for treating vitiligo include 1) …

Racial inequalities within families: three essays on interracial families in Brazil

MC Mota Pereira Aragão - 2022 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
In this dissertation, I examine ways in which structural racism manifests itself in close
interpersonal relationships. Investigating interracial families in Brazil, I explore how family …

Queering Abstract Concepts. A Grounded Perspective on Gender

C Mazzuca - 2020 - amsdottorato.unibo.it
Concepts are the building blocks of our cognitive system. Theories of conceptual knowledge
have attempted to explain how we acquire master concepts by relying on different …