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What Do Uniforms Do to the Wearer, and the Observer?

Ask a Neuroscientist × Fashion, exhibition 007: The Role Room

From RN Collins, selected work

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The articleWhat Do Uniforms Do to the Wearer, and the Observer? ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Neil Hester and Eric Hehman (2023). Dress Is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review. doi.org
  2. Yingyi Chang and Jose M. Cortina (2024). What should I wear to work? An integrative review of the impact of clothing in the workplace. Journal of Applied Psychology. doi.org
  3. Ciro Civile and Sukhvinder S. Obhi (2017). Students Wearing Police Uniforms Exhibit Biased Attention toward Individuals Wearing Hoodies. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org
  4. Guillaume P. Pech and Emilie A. Caspar (2023). Does the cowl make the monk? The effect of military and Red Cross uniforms on empathy for pain, sense of agency and moral behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org
  5. Stephen Timmons and Linda East (2011). Uniforms, status and professional boundaries in hospital. Sociology of Health & Illness. doi.org
  6. Yeon-Ju Hong et al. (2019). Neural Basis of Professional Pride in the Reaction to Uniform Wear. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi.org
  7. Maker unknown (1880-84). Military uniform, 1880-84. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org
  8. Maker unknown (late 19th century). Uniform, late 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org
  9. Maker unknown (1863-66). Ensemble, 1863-66. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org

Other sources

  1. RN Collins (2026). Uniform Encounter Map. Ask a Neuroscientist × Fashion. ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app
  2. The evidence reading room for this exhibition: every claim, its source and what it does not prove ask-a-neuroscientist-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

Image 1 in the essay
Uniform, American, late 19th century. The Met, 1979.152.54a-h, Public Domain/CC0. The object is evidence of a coordinated visual system, not evidence that its original wearer possessed any trait.Public Domain/CC0Photo record
Image 2 in the essay
Military uniform, American, 1880-84. The Met, C.I.47.76.1a, b, Public Domain/CC0. Rank and occupation are made legible; character is not.Public Domain/CC0Photo record
Image 3 in the essay
Uniform, American, late 19th century. The Met, 1979.152.54a-h, Public Domain/CC0. A uniform is a system of coordinated parts.Public Domain/CC0Photo record
Image 4 in the essay
Ensemble, American, 1863-66. The Met, 2009.20a-j, Public Domain/CC0. Military form also circulates into fashion and memory.Public Domain/CC0Photo record

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