Lisa Welling

Lisa Welling

I completed my PhD, entitled “Individual Differences in Face Preferences”, at the University of Aberdeen under the supervision of Ben Jones in 2008. My dissertation examined a series of hormonal and psychological sources of variation in face preferences, finding associations between testosterone and sex drive/sexual motivation and preferences for sexual dimorphism, as well as an association between perceived vulnerability to disease and preferences for cues to apparent health in faces. Several of the findings from my dissertation have been published and my work was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in David Puts' Lab at Penn State University.

Academic Background

I was transferred into the PhD program after completing the requirements for a Masters of Research at the University of Aberdeen. My masters project, entitled “Perceived Vulnerability to Disease is Positively Related to the Strength of Preferences for Apparent Health in Faces”, was presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference in Philadelphia, USA.

I received my undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada in 2005.

In 2004, as a research assistant for Michael Houlihan, I carried out an independent study entitled “Differences in Movement Time Between Extroverts and Introverts using the Lateralized Readiness Potential as a Measure”. The results of this study were presented at the annual Atlantic Provinces Interdisciplinary Council of the Sciences Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

In 2005, I completed an NSERC funded thesis under Michael Houlihan and Ian Fraser entitled “The Facial Feature Hierarchy as Measured by Electrophysiological and Response-Time Differences”. The results from this study were presented in July of 2005 at the 15th annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Email: lisa.welling@abdn.ac.uk

Scientific Journal Articles

    In Press

  1. (154 kB) J Vukovic, BC Jones, DR Feinberg, LM DeBruine, FG Smith, LLM Welling & AC Little (in press). Variation in perceptions of physical dominance and trustworthiness predicts individual differences in the effect of relationship context on women's preferences for masculine pitch in men's voices. British Journal of Psychology. [abstract»»]

    2. 2010

  2. (272 kB) PEG Bestelmeyer, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little & LLM Welling (2010). Face aftereffects demonstrate interdependent processing of expressions and the invariant characteristics of sex and race. Visual Cognition, 18(2): 255-274. [abstract»»]
  3. (282 kB) LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, BC Jones & AC Little (2010). Opposite effects of visual versus imagined presentation of faces on subsequent sex perception. Visual Cognition, 18(6): 816-828. [abstract»»]
  4. (795 kB) LM DeBruine, BC Jones, JR Crawford, LLM Welling & AC Little (2010). The health of a nation predicts their mate preferences: Cross-cultural variation in women's preferences for masculinized male faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277(1692): 2405-2410. [abstract»»]
  5. (329 kB) BC Jones, LM DeBruine, JC Main, AC Little, LLM Welling, DR Feinberg & BP Tiddeman (2010). Facial cues of dominance modulate the short-term gaze-cuing effect in human observers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 277: 617-624. [abstract»»]
  6. (265 kB) BC Jones, JC Main, LM DeBruine, AC Little & LLM Welling (2010). Reading the look of love: Sexually dimorphic cues in opposite-sex faces influence gaze-categorization. Psychological Science, 21(6): 796-798. [abstract»»]
  7. (120 kB) J Vukovic, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, DR Feinberg, FG Smith, AC Little, LLM Welling & JC Main (2010). Women’s own voice pitch predicts their preferences for masculinity in men’s voices. Behavioral Ecology, 21(4): 767-772. [abstract»»]

    8. 2009

  8. (202 kB) FG Smith, LM DeBruine, BC Jones, DB Krupp, LLM Welling & CA Conway (2009). Attractiveness qualifies the effect of observation on trusting behavior in an economic game. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30(6): 393-397. [abstract»»]
  9. (473 kB) FG Smith, BC Jones, AC Little, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, J Vukovic & CA Conway (2009). Hormonal contraceptive use and perceptions of trust modulate the effect of relationship context on women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in male face shape. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7(3): 195-210. [abstract»»]
  10. (213 kB) FG Smith, BC Jones, LLM Welling, AC Little, J Vukovic, JC Main & LM DeBruine (2009). Waist-hip ratio, but not BMI, influences women’s preferences for masculine male faces. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(5): 476-480. [abstract»»]
  11. (123 kB) J Vukovic, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, DR Feinberg & LLM Welling (2009). Circum-menopausal changes in women's face preferences. Biology Letters, 5(1): 62-64. [abstract»»]
  12. (135 kB) LLM Welling, LM DeBruine, AC Little & BC Jones (2009). Extraversion predicts individual differences in women's face preferences. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(8): 996-998. [abstract»»]
  13. (385 kB) LLM Welling, BC Jones, PEG Bestelmeyer, LM DeBruine, AC Little & CA Conway (2009). View-contingent aftereffects suggest joint coding of face shape and view. Perception, 38: 133-141. [abstract»»]

    14. 2008

  14. (873 kB) PEG Bestelmeyer, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, DI Perrett, A Schneider, LLM Welling & CA Conway (2008). Sex-contingent face aftereffects depend on perceptual category rather than structural encoding. Cognition, 107(1): 353-365. [abstract»»]
  15. (230 kB) CA Conway, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, J Hay, LLM Welling, DI Perrett & DR Feinberg (2008). Integrating physical and social cues when forming face preferences: Differences among low and high anxiety individuals. Social Neuroscience, 3(1): 89-95. [abstract»»]
  16. (248 kB) J Vukovic, DR Feinberg, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, AC Little & FG Smith (2008). Self-rated attractiveness predicts individual differences in women's preferences for masculine men's voices. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(6): 451-456. [abstract»»]
  17. (267 kB) LLM Welling, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little & FG Smith (2008). Exposure to sexually attractive men decreases women’s preferences for feminine faces. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6(3): 219-230. [abstract»»]
  18. (232 kB) LLM Welling, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, FG Smith, DR Feinberg, AC Little & EAS Al-Dujaili (2008). Men report stronger attraction to femininity in women’s faces when their testosterone levels are high. Hormones and Behavior, 54(5): 703-708. [abstract»»]
  19. (260 kB) LLM Welling, BC Jones & LM DeBruine (2008). Sex drive is positively associated with women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in men's and women's faces. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(1): 161-170. [abstract»»]

    20. 2007

  20. (364 kB) CA Conway, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, MJ Law Smith, DI Perrett, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2007). Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised. Hormones and Behavior, 51(2): 202-206. [abstract»»]
  21. (573 kB) BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, CA Conway, LLM Welling & FG Smith (2007). Sensation seeking and men's face preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(6): 439-446. [abstract»»]
  22. (85 kB) LLM Welling, CA Conway, LM DeBruine & BC Jones (2007). Perceived vulnerability to disease predicts variation in preferences for apparent health in faces. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 5: 131-139. [abstract»»]
  23. (348 kB) LLM Welling, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, CA Conway, MJ Law Smith, AC Little, DR Feinberg, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2007). Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Hormones and Behavior, 52(2): 156-161. [abstract»»]

    24. 2006

  24. (124 kB) G Buckingham, LM DeBruine, AC Little, LLM Welling, CA Conway, BP Tiddeman & BC Jones (2006). Visual adaptation to masculine and feminine faces influences generalized preferences and perceptions of trustworthiness. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27(5): 381-389. [abstract»»]

    25. Published Abstracts

      2006

    1. BC Jones, PEG Bestelmeyer, LM DeBruine, AC Little, A Schneider, LLM Welling & CA Conway (2006). Face aftereffects reveal interdependent processing of expressions and sex. Perception, 35: 211-212.
    2. LLM Welling, LM DeBruine, PEG Bestelmeyer, AC Little & BC Jones (2006). Inducing opposite aftereffects for 3/4 and front views of faces. Perception, 35: 208.

      3. Conference Presentations

        2010

      1. LM DeBruine, BC Jones, JR Crawford, LLM Welling & AC Little (2010). The health of a nation predicts their mate preferences: Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for masculine men. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Wroclaw, Poland. March 2010. [abstract»»]
      2. BC Jones, LM DeBruine, JC Main, AC Little, LLM Welling, DR Feinberg & BP Tiddeman (2010). Facial cues of dominance modulate reflexive gaze-following in human observers. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in Wroclaw, Poland. March 2010. [abstract»»]

        3. 2009

      3. BC Jones, LM DeBruine, JC Main, AC Little, LLM Welling & DR Feinberg (2009). Facial cues of dominance modulate reflexive gaze-cuing in human observers. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Fullerton, CA, USA. May 2009. [abstract»»]
      4. FG Smith, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, J Vukovic, JC Main & AC Little (2009). Waist-hip ratio predicts women's preferences for masculine male faces, but not perceptions of men's trustworthiness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Fullerton, CA, USA. May 2009. [abstract»»]
      5. J Vukovic, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, DR Feinberg & LLM Welling (2009). Circum-menopausal effects on women's judgments of facial attractiveness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Fullerton, CA, USA. May 2009.
      6. LLM Welling, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, FG Smith, DR Feinberg, AC Little & EAS Al-Dujaili (2009). Men report stronger attraction to femininity in women's faces when their testosterone levels are high. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in St Andrews, Scotland. April 2009. [abstract»»]

        7. 2008

      7. J Vukovic, DR Feinberg, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, AC Little & FG Smith (2008). Self-rated attractiveness influences women's preferences for masculine men's voices. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Kyoto University, Japan. June 2008. [abstract»»]
      8. LLM Welling, BC Jones & LM DeBruine (2008). Sex drive is positively associated with women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in men's and women's faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Kyoto University, Japan. June 2008. [abstract»»]

        9. 2007

      9. FG Smith, LM DeBruine, BC Jones, DB Krupp, CA Conway & LLM Welling (2007). Own attractiveness affects strategies in an economic game. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Williamsburg, VA, USA. May 2007. [abstract»»]
      10. LLM Welling, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, CA Conway, MJ Law Smith, AC Little, DR Feinberg, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2007). Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Williamsburg, VA, USA. May 2007. [abstract»»]

        11. 2006

      11. CA Conway, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, MJ Law Smith, DI Perrett, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2006). Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised. BPS Scottish Branch Conference in Perth, UK. November 2006.
      12. LM DeBruine, BC Jones, DI Perrett, LLM Welling, CA Conway & AC Little (2006). Preferences for self-resembling faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Philadelphia, PA USA. June 2006. [abstract»»]
      13. BC Jones, PEG Bestelmeyer, LM DeBruine, AC Little, CA Conway, LLM Welling, DR Feinberg & A Schneider (2006). Integrating physical and social signals when forming face preferences. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Philadelphia, PA USA. June 2006. [abstract»»]
      14. BC Jones, LM DeBruine, PEG Bestelmeyer, AC Little, LLM Welling & CA Conway (2006). Sex-contingent face aftereffects depend on perceptual category rather than structural encoding. Scottish Perception Group in University of Stirling, Stirling, UK. December 2006.

        15. 2005

      15. M Houlihan, I Fraser & LLM Welling (2005). Face Perception and Event-related Potentials. Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 2005. [abstract»»]

        16. 2004

      16. LLM Welling (2004). Differences in Movement Time Between Extroverts and Introverts using the Lateralized Readiness Potential as a Measure. Atlantic Provinces Interdisciplinary Council of the Sciences Conference in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada. June 2004.

        17. Posters

          2009

        1. (199 kB) FG Smith, LM DeBruine, BC Jones, LLM Welling, J Vukovic & JC Main (2009). Waist-hip ration, but not BMI, influences women's preferences for masculine male faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in St Andrews, Scotland. April 2009. [abstract»»]
        2. (273 kB) J Vukovic, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, AC Little, DR Feinberg & LLM Welling (2009). Circum-menopausal effects on women's judgements of facial attractiveness. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Conference in St Andrews, Scotland. April 2009. [abstract»»]

          3. 2008

        3. FG Smith, BC Jones, AC Little, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, J Vukovic & CA Conway (2008). Individual differences in the effect of relationship context on women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in male face shape. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Kyoto University, Japan. June 2008. [abstract»»]

          4. 2007

        4. (141 kB) CA Conway, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, MJ Law Smith, DI Perrett, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2007). Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Conference in London School of Economics, UK. March 2007. [abstract»»]
        5. (312 kB) CA Conway, BC Jones, LM DeBruine, LLM Welling, MJ Law Smith, DI Perrett, M Sharp & EAS Al-Dujaili (2007). Salience of emotional displays of danger and contagion in faces is enhanced when progesterone levels are raised. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Williamsburg, VA, USA. May 2007. [abstract»»]
        6. (291 kB) FG Smith, LM DeBruine, DB Krupp, CA Conway & LLM Welling (2007). Own attractiveness affects strategies in an economic game. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Conference in London School of Economics, UK. March 2007. [abstract»»]
        7. (502 kB) LLM Welling, CA Conway, LM DeBruine & BC Jones (2007). Perceived vulnerability to disease is positively related to the strength of preferences for apparent health in faces. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Conference in London School of Economics, UK. March 2007.

          8. 2006

        8. (801 kB) G Buckingham, LM DeBruine, AC Little, LLM Welling, CA Conway, BP Tiddeman & BC Jones (2006). Visual adaptation to masculine and feminine faces influences generalized preferences and perceptions of trustworthiness. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Philadelphia, PA USA. June 2006. [abstract»»]
        9. (751 kB) BC Jones, PEG Bestelmeyer, LM DeBruine, AC Little, A Schneider, LLM Welling & CA Conway (2006). Face aftereffects reveal interdependent processing of expressions and sex. European Conference on Visual Perception in St Petersburg, Russia. August 2006. [abstract»»]
        10. (461 kB) FG Smith, LM DeBruine, BC Jones, DB Krupp, CA Conway & LLM Welling (2006). Own attractiveness affects strategies in an economic game. BPS Scottish Branch Conference in Perth, UK. November 2006. [abstract»»]
        11. (642 kB) LLM Welling, LM DeBruine, PEG Bestelmeyer, AC Little & BC Jones (2006). Inducing opposite aftereffects for 3/4 and front views of faces. European Conference on Visual Perception in St Petersburg, Russia. August 2006. [abstract»»]
        12. (609 kB) LLM Welling, CA Conway, LM DeBruine & BC Jones (2006). Perceived vulnerability to disease is positively related to the strength of preferences for apparent health in faces. Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Philadelphia, PA USA. June 2006. [abstract»»]

          13. Invited Talks

            2010

          1. BC Jones, LLM Welling & LM DeBruine (2010). Testosterone and face preferences. in .. [abstract»»]

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