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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Sensory input, like visual or auditory stimuli, can temporarily alter mental body representations.
  • Previous research shows virtual reality (VR) body swapping affects gender identity, and altered footstep sounds influence perceived body weight and gendered traits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if altered footstep sounds impact gender identity and relation to gender groups.
  • To explore the connection between body perception and abstract self-representation.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted with cisgender participants (26 females, 26 males).
  • Participants walked wearing headphones playing altered versions of their own footstep sounds (sounding typically male or female).
  • Measures included the Implicit Association Test (IAT) for gender identity, Inclusion of the Other-in-the-Self (IOS) for group relation, and perceived masculinity/femininity.

Main Results:

  • Females reported feeling more feminine and closer to women (IOS) after hearing feminine-sounding footsteps.
  • Males reported feeling more feminine and showed stronger association with "female" (IAT) after hearing feminine-sounding footsteps.
  • These results indicate temporary malleability of gender identity through auditory body illusions.

Conclusions:

  • Gender identity can be temporarily influenced by auditory-induced illusions of one's own body.
  • Bodily illusions affect social cognition by altering the self-concept, linking body perception to abstract self-representation.