Category: Perception, Evolution, and Behaviour

• October 3, 2022

  The Big 5 Season 2 Episode 2 with Connor Leslie

  

  On this episode Connor Leslie tells us about her work on agression detection from both an evolutionary and forensic psychology perspective. Connor discusses the importance of detecting agression for preventing violence. Look out for those aggressive behaviors and try to avoid them on the International Day of Non-violence! #internationaldayofnonviolence Show notes: To follow Connor’s research…
• September 14, 2021

  Why we are secretly attracted to people who look like our parents

  In this post, Dr Tamsin Saxton talks about her own research looking at why people often pick partners who look similar to their parents
• May 21, 2021

  Hirsutes you sir: but that beard might mean more to men than women

  In this post, Dr Tamsin Saxton talks about her research looking at the role of facial hair in attractiveness from the perspective of evolutionary psychology