Can a face influence who receives parole or who is likely to reoffend? New research suggests that facial appearance carries ...

Physician attire serves as a powerful nonverbal cue shaping patient impressions of competence, trustworthiness and approachability. Traditional white coats remain emblematic of medical authority and ...

It's no secret that people vary in their pandemic risk perceptions. Source: Emily Parrish, used with permission. I’m sure you’ve noticed that people vary in their assessments of pandemic risks. It’s ...

A new study by psychologists has shed light on the way lip size could influence perceptions of facial attractiveness. Led by Professor David Alais in the School of Psychology at the University of ...

Morphed images used in the experiment. Subjects were shown a series of images and given 1.25 seconds to respond and rate according to subjective assessment of attractiveness. A new study by ...

Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia', so psychologists tested the response of 32 people to altered images of lips to see how they responded. The results were surprising ...