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| B C JonesSummaryAffiliation: University of Aberdeen Country: UK Publications
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The role of symmetry in attraction to average facesBenedict C Jones
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Percept Psychophys 69:1273-7. 2007..Importantly, this latter finding was not explained by the greater perceived similarity between versions offaces that varied in averageness, but not symmetry, than between versions of faces that varied in both averageness and symmetry...- Integrating gaze direction and expression in preferences for attractive facesBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Psychol Sci 17:588-91. 2006.... 
Integrating cues of social interest and voice pitch in men's preferences for women's voicesBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Biol Lett 4:192-4. 2008....- Social transmission of face preferences among humansBenedict C Jones
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Proc Biol Sci 274:899-903. 2007..Our findings demonstrate that social transmission of face preferences influences judgments of men's attractiveness, potentially demonstrating a mechanism for social transmission of mate preferences... - Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is highB C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Horm Behav 48:283-90. 2005.... - Facial cues of dominance modulate the short-term gaze-cuing effect in human observersBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Proc Biol Sci 277:617-24. 2010.... - Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in facesB C Jones
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Mary s College, South Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK
Proc Biol Sci 272:347-54. 2005..g. low risk of infection) and suggest that women's face preferences are influenced by adaptations that compensate for weakened immune system responses during pregnancy and reduce the risk of infection disrupting foetal development... 
Effects of menstrual cycle phase on face preferencesBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Arch Sex Behav 37:78-84. 2008....- Adaptation to different mouth shapes influences visual perception of ambiguous lip speechBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Psychon Bull Rev 17:522-8. 2010..These findings present novel evidence that adaptation to natural variations in facial appearance influences face perception, and they extend previous research on face aftereffects to visual perception of lip speech... - Reported sexual desire predicts men's preferences for sexually dimorphic cues in women's facesBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Arch Sex Behav 40:1281-5. 2011.... - Circum-menopausal changes in women's preferences for sexually dimorphic shape cues in peer-aged facesBenedict C Jones
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Biol Psychol 87:453-5. 2011..These data present novel evidence for circum-menopausal variation in face perception and confirm that the circum-menopausal variation in face preferences observed previously was not an artefact of the young faces employed as stimuli... - Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine facesL L M Welling
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Horm Behav 52:156-61. 2007.... - Female condition influences preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces of male humans (Homo sapiens)I S Penton-Voak
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
J Comp Psychol 117:264-71. 2003.... - Evidence for adaptive design in human gaze preferenceC A Conway
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Proc Biol Sci 275:63-9. 2008.... - Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raisedC A Conway
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Horm Behav 51:202-6. 2007..Collectively, our findings suggest women are more sensitive to facial cues signalling nearby contagion and physical threat when raised progesterone level prepares the body for pregnancy... - Facial appearance is a cue to oestrogen levels in womenM J Law Smith
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK
Proc Biol Sci 273:135-40. 2006..These findings demonstrate that female facial appearance holds detectable cues to reproductive health that are considered attractive by other people... - Menstrual cycle, trait estrogen level, and masculinity preferences in the human voiceD R Feinberg
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK
Horm Behav 49:215-22. 2006..e. those with high average E3G levels) are most able to obtain investment even from masculine men, these women may not need to change their mating preference or strategy during the menstrual cycle as much as masculine women... - Sex-contingent face aftereffects depend on perceptual category rather than structural encodingP E G Bestelmeyer
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Cognition 107:353-65. 2008..These findings indicate the involvement of neurons coding perceptual category in sex-contingent face aftereffects and cannot be explained by neurons coding only the physical aspects of face patterns... - Social perception of facial resemblance in humansLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Arch Sex Behav 37:64-77. 2008.... - Sexual dimorphism of male face shape, partnership status and the temporal context of relationship sought modulate women's preferences for direct gazeClaire A Conway
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Br J Psychol 101:109-21. 2010.... - Women's attractiveness judgments of self-resembling faces change across the menstrual cycleLisa M DeBruine
University of St Andrews, School of Psychology, St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9AJ, UK
Horm Behav 47:379-83. 2005.... - Preferences for masculinity in male bodies change across the menstrual cycleAnthony C Little
School of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Horm Behav 51:633-9. 2007.... - Transient pupil constrictions to faces are sensitive to orientation and speciesC A Conway
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
J Vis 8:17.1-11. 2008..e., orientation and species) and thus reveal a novel, objective, and non-invasive method for studying face perception... - Symmetry, sexual dimorphism in facial proportions and male facial attractivenessI S Penton-Voak
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, UK
Proc Biol Sci 268:1617-23. 2001.... - The role of femininity and averageness of voice pitch in aesthetic judgments of women's voicesDavid R Feinberg
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Perception 37:615-23. 2008..Men preferred women's voices with raised pitch for all levels of starting pitch. These findings suggest that men prefer high voice pitch to average voice pitch in women's voices... - Integrating gaze direction and sexual dimorphism of face shape when perceiving the dominance of othersJulie C Main
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Regent Walk, Aberdeen AB9 1FX, Scotland, UK
Perception 38:1275-83. 2009..Integrating information from face shape and gaze cues may increase the efficiency with which we perceive the dominance of others... - Preferences for symmetry in faces change across the menstrual cycleAnthony C Little
School of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK
Biol Psychol 76:209-16. 2007..Such strategic preferences for symmetry may support the role of symmetry in signalling potential good-gene benefits... - Partnership status and the temporal context of relationships influence human female preferences for sexual dimorphism in male face shapeA C Little
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, UK
Proc Biol Sci 269:1095-100. 2002..We also found that individuals using oral contraception do not show the above effects, indicating that such hormonal intervention potentially disrupts women's choices for evolutionarily relevant benefits from males... - View-contingent aftereffects suggest joint coding of face shape and viewLisa L M Welling
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland, UK
Perception 38:133-41. 2009..Dissociable aftereffects for different views of upright faces, but not for different views of inverted faces, suggest that neurons that code face view can also code other aspects of face shape... - Circum-menopausal effects on women's judgements of facial attractivenessJovana Vukovic
Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Biol Lett 5:62-4. 2009..To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate circum-menopausal changes in women's face preferences... - The health of a nation predicts their mate preferences: cross-cultural variation in women's preferences for masculinized male facesLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK
Proc Biol Sci 277:2405-10. 2010..These findings show non-arbitrary cross-cultural differences in facial attractiveness judgements and demonstrate the use of trade-off theory for investigating cross-cultural variation in women's mate preferences... - Men report stronger attraction to femininity in women's faces when their testosterone levels are highLisa L M Welling
Face Research Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Horm Behav 54:703-8. 2008.... - Are attractive men's faces masculine or feminine? The importance of controlling confounds in face stimuliLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom AB24 3FX mail
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 36:751-8. 2010..g. hairstyle) were eliminated through masking. We conclude that care must be taken to control potential confounds in stimuli and that the influence of nonface cues on preferences for facial masculinity deserves further study... - When facial attractiveness is only skin deepBenedict C Jones
School of Psychology, St Mary s College, University of St Andrews, South Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, Scotland, UK
Perception 33:569-76. 2004.... - Dissociating averageness and attractiveness: attractive faces are not always averageLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 33:1420-30. 2007..The authors discuss important implications for the interpretation of studies using a visual adaptation paradigm to investigate attractiveness... - Kin recognition signals in adult facesLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK
Vision Res 49:38-43. 2009..Using adult sibling faces, we find that similarity ratings for same-sex pairs were significantly higher than for opposite-sex pairs, suggesting that similarity judgments of adult faces are not entirely synonymous with kinship judgments... - Integrating physical and social cues when forming face preferences: differences among low and high-anxiety individualsClaire A Conway
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Soc Neurosci 3:89-95. 2008.... - Correlated preferences for facial masculinity and ideal or actual partner's masculinityLisa M DeBruine
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 273:1355-60. 2006.... - Evidence against perceptual bias views for symmetry preferences in human facesAnthony C Little
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, UK
Proc Biol Sci 270:1759-63. 2003.... - Kin recognition: evidence that humans can perceive both positive and negative relatednessD B Krupp
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
J Evol Biol 25:1472-8. 2012..This is the first clear evidence that humans are sensitive to negative relatedness cues, and suggests the potential for the adaptive allocation of spiteful behaviour... - Category contingent aftereffects for faces of different races, ages and speciesAnthony C Little
School of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
Cognition 106:1537-47. 2008.... - Sex-contingent face after-effects suggest distinct neural populations code male and female facesAnthony C Little
University of Liverpool, School of Biology, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
Proc Biol Sci 272:2283-7. 2005..Because after-effects reflect changes in responses of neural populations that code faces, our findings indicate that distinct neural populations code male and female faces... - Symmetry is related to sexual dimorphism in faces: data across culture and speciesAnthony C Little
School of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 3:e2106. 2008..Faces have the potential to be advertisements of mate quality and both symmetry and sexual dimorphism have been linked to the attractiveness of human face shape... - Attraction independent of detection suggests special mechanisms for symmetry preferences in human face perceptionAnthony C Little
School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Proc Biol Sci 273:3093-9. 2006..Unconscious mechanisms determining face preferences may explain why the reasons behind attraction are often difficult to articulate and demonstrate that detection alone cannot explain symmetry preferences... - MHC-assortative facial preferences in humansS Craig Roberts
School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HH, UK
Biol Lett 1:400-3. 2005..Although unexpected, this MHC-similar facial preference is consistent with other studies documenting assortative preferences in humans, including for facial phenotype... - Sleep-related attentional bias in good, moderate, and poor (primary insomnia) sleepersBarry T Jones
Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
J Abnorm Psychol 114:249-58. 2005..A possible bias in moderate sleepers was also revealed. It is suggested that attentional bias has a role in the perpetuation and possibly precipitation of primary insomnia... - Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycleS Craig Roberts
School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HH, UK
Proc Biol Sci 271:S270-2. 2004..This heightened allure could be an adaptive mechanism for raising a female's relative value in the mating market at the time in the cycle when the probability of conception is at its highest...