http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/news/2015/psychologystudentship/
Evolutionary approaches to the social perception of faces using a range of stimuli and
measures.
This studentship will investigate how evolutionary pressures may shape our processing of
faces across a range of social perceptual tasks, using a variety of stimulus types, and
using a variety of response measures.
In recent years, an evolutionary approach has shed light on how we perceive the
attractiveness of faces. This evolutionary framework has also been applied to the
perception of leadership, the attribution of personality traits, and the recognition of
identity from face images. Much of this previous work relies on the 2D facial photographs
and explicit judgements. For example, attractiveness is often assessed by showing
participants 2D photographs and asking them to rate the image for attractiveness. The goal
of this studentship is to address the impact of the type of stimulus used and the type of
measure employed in conclusions about judging faces. The student will then explore the
social perception of faces using a variety of stimuli (e.g., 2D faces, 3D faces, moving
faces) and a range of measures of preference and attention (e.g., explicit and implicit
preferences, eye-tracking).
More information about current research topics can be found at:
www.alittlelab.com<http://www.alittlelab.com/>
Deadline 31 July
Peter Hancock
Professor,
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA, UK
phone 01786 467675
fax 01786 467641
http://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11587
Psychology at Stirling: 100% 4* Impact, REF2014