Neural indicators of sexual objectification: an examination of the late positive potential (LPP), sexual objectification, and the body-inversion effect

In Western cultures, sexualized women are frequently viewed as if they were objects rather than people (i.e., dehumanized). Researchers have reported an inversion effect in which images of sexualized men were more accurately identified in an upright (vs. inverted) position (person-like recognition), whereas images of sexualized women were equally recognized across both inverted and upright positions (object-like recognition). The current study...