Western Eurocentric Aesthetic…

Ma, D. S., Correll, J., and Wittenbrink, B. (2018). The effects of categories and physical features on stereotyping and evaluation. Journal of experimental social psychology.

Maddox, K. B. (2004). Perspectives on racial phenotypicality biasPersonality and Social Psychology Review.

Stepanova E., V., and Strube, M. J. (2018). Attractiveness as a function of skin-tone and facial features: Evidence from categorization studies. The Journal of General Psychology.

Beauty Mystique

Langlois, J. H. (1986; 2022). From the eye of the beholder to behavioral reality: Development of social behaviors and social relations as a function of physical attractiveness.

Langlois, J. H., Kalakanis, L., Rubenstein, A. J., Larson, A., Hallam, M., & Smoot, M. (2000). Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1945/2012). Phenomenology of perception.

Snyder, M., Berscheid, E., & Glick, P. (1985). Focusing on the exterior and the interior: Two investigations of the initiation of personal relationships.

Snyder, M., Tanke, E. D., & Berscheid, E. (1977). Social perception and interpersonal behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes

Violi, P. (2003). Embodiment at the crossroads between cognition and semiosis.

Socialisation + social expectancy

Cash, T. F. (1990). Losing hair, losing points?: The effects of male pattern baldness on social impression formation.

Herman, C. P., Zanna, M. P. & Higgins, E. T. (Eds.) (2022). Physical appearance, stigma, and social behavior. Psychology Press.

St. Bernard, J. and Gallagher, S. (2023). Race and the implicit aspects of embodied social interaction. In J. R. Thompson, The Routledge handbook of philosophy and implicit cognition (pp. 313-323). Routledge.

Synder, M. (2015). On the perpetuating nature of social stereotypes. In D. L. Hamilton (Ed.) Cognitive processes in stereotyping and intergroup behavior (pp. 183-212). Psychology Press.

Snyder, M., Tanke, E. D., & Berscheid, E. (1977). Social perception and interpersonal behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes.

Beauty as embodied experience

Blair, I. V., Judd, C. M., Sadler, M. S., & Jenkins, C. (2002). The role of Afrocentric features in person perception: judging by features and categoriesJournal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Cash, T. F. (1990). Losing hair, losing points? The effects of male pattern baldness on social impression formation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

St. Bernard, J. S., & Gallagher, S. (2022). Race and the implicit aspects of embodied social interaction. In R. J. Thompson (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of philosophy and implicit cognition (pp. 313-323). Routledge.

Soliman, T., & Glenberg, A. M. (2014). The embodiment of culture. In L. Shapiro (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Cognition (pp. 207-219). Routledge.

Willis, J., & Todorov, A. (2006). First impressions: Making up your mind after a 100-ms exposure to a facePsychological Science.

Physiology + personal VoA

Crăciun, I. C. (2023). Fostering Development in Midlife and Older Age: A Positive Psychology Perspective. Springer Nature.

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to agingCurrent directions in psychological science18(6), 332-336.

Levy, B. R., & Bavishi, A. (2018). Survival advantage mechanism: Inflammation as a mediator of positive self-perceptions of aging on longevityThe Journals of Gerontology: Series B73(3), 409-412.

Levy, B. R., Moffat, S., Resnick, S. M., Slade, M. D., & Ferrucci, L. (2016). Buffer against cumulative stressGeroPsych.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., Kunkel, S. R., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of agingJournal of personality and social psychology83(2), 261.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., May, J., & Caracciolo, E. A. (2006). Physical recovery after acute myocardial infarction: Positive age self-stereotypes as a resourceThe International Journal of Aging and Human Development62(4), 285-301.

Wurm, S., & Schäfer, S. K. (2022). Gain-but not loss-related self-perceptions of aging predict mortality over a period of 23 years: A multidimensional approachJournal of personality and social psychology.

Personal VoA + Ageing…

Coudin, G., & Alexopoulos, T. (2010). ‘Help me! I’m old!’How negative aging stereotypes create dependency among older adultsAging & mental health14(5), 516-523.

Kornadt, A. E., Kessler, E. M., Wurm, S., Bowen, C. E., Gabrian, M., & Klusmann, V. (2020). Views on ageing: A lifespan perspectiveEuropean Journal of Ageing17, 387-401.

Levy, B. (1996). Improving memory in old age through implicit self-stereotypingJournal of personality and social psychology71(6), 1092.

Levy, B. R., Hausdorff, J. M., Hencke, R., & Wei, J. Y. (2000). Reducing cardiovascular stress with positive self-stereotypes of agingThe journals of gerontology series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences55(4), P205-P213.

Levy, B. R., & Myers, L. M. (2004). Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of agingPreventive medicine39(3), 625-629.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., Kunkel, S. R., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of agingJournal of personality and social psychology83(2), 261.

Personal VoA vs…

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype embodiment: A psychosocial approach to agingCurrent directions in psychological science18(6), 332-336.

Levy, B. R., Slade, M. D., & Kasl, S. V. (2002). Longitudinal benefit of positive self-perceptions of aging on functional healthThe Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences57(5), P409-P417.

Levy, B. R., & Myers, L. M. (2004). Preventive health behaviors influenced by self-perceptions of agingPreventive medicine39(3), 625-629.

Kornadt, A. E., Voss, P., & Rothermund, K. (2017). Age stereotypes and self-views revisited: Patterns of internalization and projection processes across the life spanJournals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences72(4), 582-592.

Rothermund, K., & Brandtstädter, J. (2003). Age stereotypes and self-views in later life: Evaluating rival assumptionsInternational Journal of Behavioral Development27(6), 549-554.

Schwarz, N., & Bless, H. (1992). Assimilation and contrast effects in attitude measurement: An inclusion/exclusion modelACR North American Advances.

Shrira, A., Palgi, Y., & Diehl, M. (2022). Advancing the field of subjective views of aging: An overview of recent achievementsSubjective Views of Aging: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11-37.

Human ageing is…

Baltes, P. B. (1987). Theoretical propositions of life-span developmental psychology: On the dynamics between growth and decline. Developmental psychology23(5), 611. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.23.5.611.

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Tully-Wilson, C., Bojack, R., Millear, P. M., Stallman, H. M., Allen, A., & Mason, J. (2021). Self-perceptions of aging: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Psychology and Aging36(7), 773. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000638.

Abnormal vs Normal Ageing

Levy, B. (2009). Stereotype Embodiment: A Psychosocial Approach to Aging. Current Directions in Psychological Science18(6), 332–336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01662.x.

Nyberg, L., Boraxbekk, C.J., Sörman, D.E., Hansson, P., Herlitz, A., Kauppi, K., Ljungberg, J.K., Lövheim, H., Lundquist, A., Adolfsson, A.N. and Oudin, A. (2020). Biological and environmental predictors of heterogeneity in neurocognitive ageing: Evidence from Betula and other longitudinal studies. Ageing research reviews64, 101184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2020.101184.

Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (1987). Human aging: usual and successful. Science237(4811), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.3299702

Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L. (2015). Successful aging 2.0: Conceptual expansions for the 21st century. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B70(4), 593-596. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbv025.

Segal, D. L., Qualls, S. H., & Smyer, M. A. (2018). Aging and mental health. John Wiley & Sons.

Embodiment is biocultural…

Atkinson, M. (2010). Norbert Elias and the body. In B. S. Turner (Ed.), The Routledge handbook  of body studies (pp. 49-61). Routledge.

Bonini, L., Rotunno, C., Acuri, E., & Gallese, V. (2022). Mirror neurons 30 years later: Implications & applications. Trends in Cognitive Science, 26(9), 767-781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.003

Davis, L. J. & Morris, D. (2013). The biocultures manifesto. In L. J. Davis, The end of normal: Identity in a biocultural era (pp. 121-127). (Reprinted from “Biocultures manifesto”, 2007, New Literary History38(3), 411-418. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20058015

Pitt-Taylor, V. (2010). Social brains and embodiment. In B. S. Turner (Ed.), The Routledge handbook  of body studies (pp. 171-182). Routledge.