“…Our emphasis on visual processes is practical, rather than theoretical. While there is some evidence regarding the role of auditory (Bachorowski & Owren, 2001;Freeman & Ambady, 2011b;Piazza, Sweeny, Wessel, Silver, & Whitney, 2013), tactile (Hertenstein, Keltner, App, Bulleit, & Jaskolka, 2006), and olfactory (Chaix, Cao, & Donnelly, 2008;Takahashi, Nakashima, Hong, & Watanabe, 2005;Zhou & Chen, 2009) processes in social thought, the specific nature of these processes in social cognition is relatively understudied and somewhat unclear. Conversely, there is a large literature that has provided new and important insights into the instrumental role of visual mechanisms in social cognitions, emotions, and behavior (Adams et al, 2011;Balcetis & Lassiter, 2010).…”