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This webpage is about my research on face processing, facial resemblance and kin recognition. Specifically, I am interested in how humans use facial resemblance to tell who their kin are and how people respond to cues of kinship in different circumstances. I am also interested in how the visual system learns about faces and what visual adaptation effects can tell us about the face processing system.

I began a permanent lectureship in the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen in June of 2006. Ben Jones and I head the Face Research Lab. I am on the committee and run the website for EHBEA, the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association.

I completed my PhD in 2004 in the Daly-Wilson Lab and in 2006 completed an NSF International Fellowship at the University of St Andrews, working with David Perrett.

Recent News:

  • 01 June 2009 » Lisa DeBruine's research on trust is featured in the cover article of the Harvard Business Review.
  • 27 May 2009 » Our lab are presenting 4 papers and 3 posters at the annual meeting of the International Human Behavior and Evolution Society in Fullerton, California.
  • 22 May 2009 » Our new paper on women's preferences for masculinity was reported in the Sunday Express.
  • 27 April 2009 » Lisa DeBruine's paper on male facial attractiveness has been accepted for publication in JEP:HPP.
  • 18 April 2009 » Finlay's papers on women's masculinity preferences have been accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences and Journal of Evolutionary Psychology.
  • 12 March 2009 » Congratulations to Julie Main who has had her first first-authored paper accepted for publication in Perception. The research investigated the effects of gaze direction and face shape on perceptions of dominance.
  • 09 February 2009 » Our lab was featured in the Discovery Channel documentary, The Science of Sex Appeal.
  • 17 January 2009 » Our lab was featured in the cover story of Science News.
  • 02 October 2008 » Lisa was on BBC Radio 4's The Material World talking about faces with Roberto Caldara.
  • 18 September 2008 » Ben and Lisa gave a talk on “Hormone-mediated face perception” at Innovate with Aberdeen. The research we will talk about has been reported by the BBC, The Telegraph, The Herald, The Scotsman, The Independent and The Evening Express.
  • 20 August 2008 » The New York Times has listed our experimental website, faceresearch.org, as one of the Best Online Psychology Tests.

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