APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
First Impressions from Three-Dimensional Bodies in American Versus Chinese Individuals
- Ying Hu
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Natalie Bendiksen
The University of Texas at Dallas - Xiaolan Fu
School of Psychology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China - Alice O'Toole
The University of Texas at Dallas
Abstract
We compare how American and Chinese people infer personality traits from three-dimensional body shapes. Using data-driven approach, we analyzed 30 traits from the Big Five across 140 body models in 160 participants. Cultural differences influence trait perceptions: Americans view skinnier bodies as more extraverted; Chinese view them as less extraverted.
Personality Traits
