Lisa Welling (2008, PhD) Individual differences in face preferences

Lisa Welling

I completed my PhD in 2008 and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Face Research Lab for a further year. My PhD was funded by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and my postdoctoral position was funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). My research investigated the hormonal and psychological factors that predict variation in face preferences. When I left the Face Research Lab, I had published five first-authored papers, which secured me a position as a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State University.

Scientific Journal Articles

    In Press

  1. (319 kB) LLM Welling, K Singh, DA Puts, BC Jones & RP Burriss (in press). Self-reported sexual desire in homosexual men and women predicts preferences for sexually dimorphic facial cues. Archives of Sexual Behavior . doi:10.1007/s10508-012-0059-8 [abstract»»]

    2. 2013

  2. BC Jones, CL Fincher, LLM Welling, AC Little, DR Feinberg, CD Watkins, EAS Al-Dujaili & LM DeBruine (2013). Salivary cortisol and pathogen disgust predict men’s preferences for feminine shape cues in women’s faces. Biological Psychology, 92(2): 233-240. [abstract»»]
  3. (545 kB) RM Tinlin, CD Watkins, LLM Welling, LM DeBruine, EAS Al-Dujaili & BC Jones (2013). Perceived facial adiposity conveys information about women’s health. British Journal of Psychology, 104(2): 235-248. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02117.x [abstract»»]

    4. 2011

  4. (85 kB) LM DeBruine, BC Jones, AC Little, JR Crawford & LLM Welling (2011). Further evidence for regional variation in women's masculinity preferences. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 278(1707): 813-814. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2200 [abstract»»]
  5. (175 kB) BC Jones, AC Little, CD Watkins, LLM Welling & LM DeBruine (2011). Reported sexual desire predicts men's preferences for sexually dimorphic cues in women’s faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(6): 1281-1285. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9721-1 [abstract»»]
  6. (154 kB) J Vukovic, BC Jones, DR Feinberg, LM DeBruine, FG Smith, LLM Welling & AC Little (2011). 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, 102(1): 37-48. doi:10.1348/000712610X498750 [abstract»»]

    7. 2010

  7. (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. doi:10.1080/13506280802708024 [abstract»»]
  8. (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. doi:10.1080/13506281003691357 [abstract»»]
  9. (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. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.2184 [abstract»»]
  10. (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. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1575 [abstract»»]
  11. (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. doi:10.1177/0956797610370756 [abstract»»]
  12. (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. doi:10.1093/beheco/arq051 [abstract»»]

    13. 2009

  13. (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. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.06.003 [abstract»»]
  14. (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. doi:10.1556/JEP.7.2009.3.1 [abstract»»]
  15. (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. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.022 [abstract»»]
  16. (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. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0478 [abstract»»]
  17. (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. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.030 [abstract»»]
  18. (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. doi:10.1068/p5656 [abstract»»]

    19. 2008

  19. (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. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2007.07.018 [abstract»»]
  20. (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. doi:10.1080/17470910701676145 [abstract»»]
  21. (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. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.013 [abstract»»]
  22. (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. doi:10.1556/JEP.6.2008.3.5 [abstract»»]
  23. (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. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.07.012 [abstract»»]
  24. (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. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2007.07.026 [abstract»»]

    25. 2007

  25. (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. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.10.002 [abstract»»]
  26. (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. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.07.006 [abstract»»]
  27. (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. doi:10.1556/JEP.2007.1012 [abstract»»]
  28. (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. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.010 [abstract»»]

    29. 2006

  29. (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. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.03.001 [abstract»»]

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.

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