The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.

Despite the widely documented influence of gender stereotypes on social behaviour, little is known about the electrophysiological substrates engaged in the processing of such information when conveyed by language. Using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), we examined the brain response to third-p...

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Autores principales:	Anna Siyanova-Chanturia, Francesca Pesciarelli, Cristina Cacciari
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a53a107e5c61436b96e41860f8faf06a2021-11-18T08:06:31ZThe electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0048712https://doaj.org/article/a53a107e5c61436b96e41860f8faf06a2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23226494/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Despite the widely documented influence of gender stereotypes on social behaviour, little is known about the electrophysiological substrates engaged in the processing of such information when conveyed by language. Using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), we examined the brain response to third-person pronouns (lei "she" and lui "he") that were implicitly primed by definitional (passeggera(FEM) "passenger", pensionato(MASC) "pensioner"), or stereotypical antecedents (insegnante "teacher", conducente "driver"). An N400-like effect on the pronoun emerged when it was preceded by a definitionally incongruent prime (passeggera(FEM)--lui; pensionato(MASC)--lei), and a stereotypically incongruent prime for masculine pronouns only (insegnante--lui). In addition, a P300-like effect was found when the pronoun was preceded by definitionally incongruent primes. However, this effect was observed for female, but not male participants. Overall, these results provide further evidence for on-line effects of stereotypical gender in language comprehension. Importantly, our results also suggest a gender stereotype asymmetry in that male and female stereotypes affected the processing of pronouns differently.Anna Siyanova-ChanturiaFrancesca PesciarelliCristina CacciariPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 12, p e48712 (2012)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Anna Siyanova-Chanturia Francesca Pesciarelli Cristina Cacciari The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.
description	Despite the widely documented influence of gender stereotypes on social behaviour, little is known about the electrophysiological substrates engaged in the processing of such information when conveyed by language. Using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), we examined the brain response to third-person pronouns (lei "she" and lui "he") that were implicitly primed by definitional (passeggera(FEM) "passenger", pensionato(MASC) "pensioner"), or stereotypical antecedents (insegnante "teacher", conducente "driver"). An N400-like effect on the pronoun emerged when it was preceded by a definitionally incongruent prime (passeggera(FEM)--lui; pensionato(MASC)--lei), and a stereotypically incongruent prime for masculine pronouns only (insegnante--lui). In addition, a P300-like effect was found when the pronoun was preceded by definitionally incongruent primes. However, this effect was observed for female, but not male participants. Overall, these results provide further evidence for on-line effects of stereotypical gender in language comprehension. Importantly, our results also suggest a gender stereotype asymmetry in that male and female stereotypes affected the processing of pronouns differently.
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author	Anna Siyanova-Chanturia Francesca Pesciarelli Cristina Cacciari
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title	The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.
title_short	The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.
title_full	The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.
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The electrophysiological underpinnings of processing gender stereotypes in language.

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