Kenneth Mavor

Blinded by Beauty: Talamas article on accuracy of perceived intelligence in PLoS One

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One of Sean’s studies from his PhD has formed the basis of a paper published recently in PLoS One.  Sean’s focus has been on different dimensions of perceived intelligence.  In this article we examined perceptions of conscientiousness, perceived academic performance and perceived intelligence predicting actual academic performance based on facial features, controlling for the attractiveness … Read more

Perceiver intelligence and the halo effect: Talamas article published in PAID

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The third leg of Sean’s PhD has been published in Personality and Individual Differences (PAID).  In this article we found that the perceiver’s own intelligence impacts upon their endorsement of the attractiveness halo – that is the more they see other faces that are attractive as also being intelligent. Talamas, S. N., Mavor, K. I., … Read more

Kerry O’Brien PhD submitted

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Kerry O’Brien submitted his PhD at the ANU this week. Kerry’s PhD is titled “Framing issues and identities: Aligning the content of group identity with the meaning of issues to produce normative influence.”  The project was aimed at integrating the Social Identity model of normative influence with the political science literature on issue framing as … Read more

Book chapter on causality in collective action

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A recent book explores important issues of causality in a range of domains.  It was great to be part of a group contributing to a chapter exploring how causality plays out in current models of collective action. “Causality in the study of collective action and political behaviour” by Winifred Louis and colleagues.  The chapter appears … Read more

Dora Sharpe-Davidson PhD submitted

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Dora Sharpe-Davidson has submitted her Clinical Psychology PhD to the ANU just in time for Christmas!  Dora’s project has taken the idea of self complexity and self-concept clarity, both of which have been found to buffer people against stressors and improve wellbeing.  Dora looked at various forms of discrimination as a particular form of stress, … Read more

Self and Identity Processes, Stress, and Resilience: Invited Talk

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Symposium on Burnout and Resiliency in Medical Education Participants from across Scotland and further afield gathered in the Gateway building at St Andrews to discuss recent work on building resilience in medical education. The importance of improving the well-being of medical students and professionals has been a growing priority in recent years. As part of … Read more

Sean Talamas PhD completed

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Sean Talamas has submitted his PhD (Co-supervised by Dave Perrett and Ken Mavor) on various aspects of perceived intelligence and the attractiveness Halo. The thesis demonstrates that malleable facial cues can influence perceptions of intelligence, identifies individual differences that influence endorsement of the intelligence-attractiveness halo, and reveals the limiting effects of the attractiveness halo on … Read more

The ethics of online questionnaire research: Invited talk

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St Andrews recently held a researchers forum on research integrity and ethics as part of the process of responding to the Concordat to Support Research Integrity. Speakers addressed a range of topics on research data management, dealing with sensitive topics and vulnerable populations. Since we have been exploring a number of new issues arising from online … Read more

Levelling the playing field: Invited talk in Stirling

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Person and group categories in memory, impression formation, and face processing Ken had the privilege of being invited to speak in the seminar program in the School of Psychology at Stirling. Given the shared interest in issues of social face processing, the talk emphasised the work we have done on perceiving person and group information … Read more

Dora Sharpe-Davidson presents at the European Health Psychology conference

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The 29th European Health Psychology Society conference was a great opportunity for Dora to see some of the newest empirical and theoretical research in health psychology. The conference showcased a diverse range of topics on how to facilitate behaviour change in health and illness, including e-mental health interventions, motivational interviewing, physical exercise interventions and the … Read more

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