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Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample (2020)
Journal Article
Alharbi, S. A., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, S. A., & Jones, B. C. (2021). Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(2), 184-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00263-9

Masculine characteristics in men’s faces are often assumed to function as health cues. However, evidence for this assumption from empirical tests is mixed. For example, research on Western women’s face perceptions found that masculinized versions of... Read More about Facial masculinity increases perceptions of men’s age, but not perceptions of their health: Data from an Arab sample.

Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones? (2020)
Journal Article
Stern, J., Karastoyanova, K., Kandrik, M., Torrance, J., Hahn, A. C., Holzleitner, I., …Jones, B. C. (2020). Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 6(4), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00148-y

Objective: Although it is widely assumed that men’s sexual desire and interest in casual sex (i.e., sociosexual orientation) are linked to steroid hormone levels, evidence for such associations is mixed. Methods: We tested for both longitudinal and c... Read More about Are sexual desire and sociosexual orientation related to men’s salivary steroid hormones?.

Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity (2020)
Journal Article
Hansen, F., DeBruine, L. M., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., O'Shea, K. J., & Fasolt, V. (2020). Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity. Journal of Vision, 20(6), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.20.6.18

Facial similarity between individuals informs kinship judgments in third-party kin recognition. Indeed, one study found that similarity and kinship judgments encapsulate the same information (Maloney & Dal Martello, 2006). Yet, another study found th... Read More about Kin recognition and perceived facial similarity.

Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women (2020)
Journal Article
Alharbi, S. A. H., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Saribay, S. A., & Jones, B. C. (2020). Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6(4), 328-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00244-y

Many previous studies have investigated the effects of manipulating sexually dimorphic shape characteristics in face images on attractiveness judgments. However, results have been mixed and show considerable cross-cultural variability, particularly f... Read More about Women’s preferences for sexual dimorphism in faces: Data from a sample of Arab women.

Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle (2020)
Journal Article
Marcinkowska, U. M., & Holzleitner, I. J. (2020). Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1924), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2910

Facial characteristics can serve as a cue for judgements of multiple human traits, from maternal tendencies, overall fertility to sexual openness. In this study, we tested previously found fluctuations in facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle.... Read More about Stability of women’s facial shape throughout the menstrual cycle.

Evidence head tilt has dissociable effects on dominance and trustworthiness judgments, but does not have category-contingent effects on hypothetical leadership judgments (2020)
Journal Article
Torrance, J. S., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., DeBruine, L. M., & Jones, B. C. (2020). Evidence head tilt has dissociable effects on dominance and trustworthiness judgments, but does not have category-contingent effects on hypothetical leadership judgments. Perception, 49(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619898589

Previous research has found that physical characteristics in faces that influence perceptions of trustworthiness and dominance have context-contingent effects on leadership perceptions. People whose faces are perceived to be trustworthy are judged to... Read More about Evidence head tilt has dissociable effects on dominance and trustworthiness judgments, but does not have category-contingent effects on hypothetical leadership judgments.