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Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction (2010)
Journal Article
Penton-Voak, I. S., Cooper, R. M., Roberts, R. E., Attwood, A. S., & Munafò, M. R. (2012). Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(2), 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881110385599

Alcohol consumption is associated with increases in aggressive behaviour, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood. One mechanism by which alcohol consumption may influence behaviour is via alterations in the processing o... Read More about Effects of acute alcohol consumption on the perception of eye gaze direction.

The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand (2010)
Journal Article
Frowd, C. D., Pitchford, M., Bruce, V., Jackson, S., Hepton, G., Greenall, M., McIntyre, A. H., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2011). The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1662

Face construction by selecting individual facial features rarely produces recognisable images. We have been developing a system called EvoFIT that works by the repeated selection and breeding of complete faces. Here, we explored two techniques. The f... Read More about The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand.