Psychology & Neuroscience
The School of Psychology & Neuroscience has consistently been ranked one of the best research departments in the UK. Our research is broadly organised around 5 research themes, namely human cognition, neuroscience, origins of mind, perception, and social psychology, with many members of the School carrying out research in more than one theme. Researchers from the School also contribute to numerous interdisciplinary research centres and institutes.
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The role of sexually dimorphic skin colour and shape in attractiveness of male faces
(2015) - Journal articleEvidence for attraction to sexually dimorphic features in male faces is inconsistent in the literature. Mixed results regarding facial masculinity and male attractiveness may arise partly from different influences of face ... -
Detecting a visual object in the presence of other objects : the flanker facilitation effect in contour integration
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisWhen an observer views a complex visual scene and tries to identify an object, his or her visual system must decide what regions of the visual field correspond to the object of interest and which do not. One aspect of ... -
Subtle increases in BMI within a healthy weight range still reduce women's employment chances in the service sector
(2016-09-07) - Journal articleUsing mixed design analysis of variance (ANOVA), this paper investigates the effects of a subtle simulated increase in adiposity on women’s employment chances in the service sector. Employing a unique simulation of altering ... -
Eye fixation during multiple object attention is based on a representation of discrete spatial foci
(2016-08-26) - Journal articleWe often look at and attend to several objects at once. How the brain determines where to point our eyes when we do this is poorly understood. Here we devised a novel paradigm to discriminate between different models of ... -
Vocal correlates of individual sooty mangabey travel speed and direction
(2016-07-28) - Journal articleMany group-living animals coordinate movements with acoustic signals, but so far most studies have focused on how group movements are initiated. In this study, we investigated movement patterns of wild sooty mangabeys ...
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