Search Results - "Lefevre, Carmen"

Instagram use is linked to increased symptoms of orthorexia nervosa by Turner, Pixie G., Lefevre, Carmen E.

“…Purpose Social media use is ever increasing amongst young adults and has previously been shown to have negative effects on body image, depression, social…”
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Telling facial metrics: facial width is associated with testosterone levels in men by Lefevre, Carmen E, Lewis, Gary J, Perrett, David I, Penke, Lars

“…Abstract High facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) has been associated with a cluster of behavioural traits in men, including aggression and status-striving…”
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Emotion recognition ability: Evidence for a supramodal factor and its links to social cognition by Connolly, Hannah L., Lefevre, Carmen E., Young, Andrew W., Lewis, Gary J.

“…Accurate recognition of others' emotions is an important skill for successful social interaction. Unsurprisingly, it has been an enduring topic of interest,…”
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Sex Differences in Emotion Recognition: Evidence for a Small Overall Female Superiority on Facial Disgust by Connolly, Hannah L., Lefevre, Carmen E., Young, Andrew W., Lewis, Gary J.

“…Although it is widely believed that females outperform males in the ability to recognize other people's emotions, this conclusion is not well supported by the…”
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Functional Architecture of Visual Emotion Recognition Ability: A Latent Variable Approach by Lewis, Gary J., Lefevre, Carmen E., Young, Andrew W.

“…Emotion recognition has been a focus of considerable attention for several decades. However, despite this interest, the underlying structure of individual…”
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African perceptions of female attractiveness by Coetzee, Vinet, Faerber, Stella J, Greeff, Jaco M, Lefevre, Carmen E, Re, Daniel E, Perrett, David I

“…Little is known about mate choice preferences outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic societies, even though these Western populations…”
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Do Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus apella) Prefer Symmetrical Face Shapes? by Paukner, Annika, Wooddell, Lauren J, Lefevre, Carmen E, Lonsdorf, Eric, Lonsdorf, Elizabeth

“…In humans, facial symmetry has been linked to an individual's genetic quality, and facial symmetry has a small yet significant effect on ratings of facial…”
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Fruit over sunbed: Carotenoid skin colouration is found more attractive than melanin colouration by Lefevre, Carmen E., Perrett, David I.

“…Skin colouration appears to play a pivotal part in facial attractiveness. Skin yellowness contributes to an attractive appearance and is influenced both by…”
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Heat protection behaviors and positive affect about heat during the 2013 heat wave in the United Kingdom by Lefevre, Carmen E., Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Taylor, Andrea L., Dessai, Suraje, Kovats, Sari, Fischhoff, Baruch

“…Heat waves pose serious health risks, and are expected to become more frequent, longer lasting, and more intense in the future under a changing climate. Yet,…”
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Parental preferences for the facial traits of their offspring's partners can enhance parental inclusive fitness by Lefevre, Carmen E, Saxton, Tamsin K

“…Abstract Physical appearance provides a wealth of information concerning an individual's biological fitness and reproductive quality, but we do not know…”
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Heat protection behaviour in the UK: results of an online survey after the 2013 heatwave by Khare, Swarna, Hajat, Shakoor, Kovats, Sari, Lefevre, Carmen E, de Bruin, Wändi Bruine, Dessai, Suraje, Bone, Angie

“…The Heatwave Plan for England provides guidance for personal and home protection measures during heatwaves. Although studies in the USA, Australia and Europe…”
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Facial width-to-height ratio relates to alpha status and assertive personality in capuchin monkeys by Lefevre, Carmen Emilia, Wilson, Vanessa A D, Morton, F Blake, Brosnan, Sarah F, Paukner, Annika, Bates, Timothy C

“…Social dominance hierarchies play a pivotal role in shaping the behaviour of many species, and sex differences within these hierarchies often exist. To date,…”
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Hot or not? Thermal reactions to social contact by Hahn, Amanda C., Whitehead, Ross D., Albrecht, Marion, Lefevre, Carmen E., Perrett, David I.

“…Previous studies using thermal imaging have suggested that face and body temperature increase during periods of sexual arousal. Additionally, facial skin…”
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Facial width-to-height ratio predicts self-reported dominance and aggression in males and females, but a measure of masculinity does not by Lefevre, Carmen E., Etchells, Peter J., Howell, Emma C., Clark, Andrew P., Penton-Voak, Ian S.

“…Recently, associations between facial structure and aggressive behaviour have been reported. Specifically, the facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is thought…”
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Development of a formal system for representing behaviour-change theories by West, Robert, Godinho, Cristina A., Bohlen, Lauren Connell, Carey, Rachel N., Hastings, Janna, Lefevre, Carmen E., Michie, Susan

“…Use of natural language to represent behaviour-change theories has resulted in lack of clarity and consistency, hindering comparison, integration, development…”
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Carotenoid skin colouration enhances face and body attractiveness: A cross-cultural study by Ip, Flora WL, Lewis, Gary J, Lefevre, Carmen E

“…Previous research has indicated that faces with higher levels of skin carotenoid colouration are perceived as healthier and more attractive. However, it is not…”
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No evidence for sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in four large adult samples by Lefevre, Carmen E, Lewis, Gary J, Bates, Timothy C, Dzhelyova, Milena, Coetzee, Vinet, Deary, Ian J, Perrett, David I

“…Abstract Sexual dimorphism in physical appearance may be an important cue in both intra- and intersex competition. Recently, the facial width-to-height ratio…”
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Women’s Preferences for Men’s Facial Masculinity and Anticipations of Grandparental Care Provision by Saxton, Tamsin K., Lefevre, Carmen E., Hönekopp, Johannes

“…Women vary in the extent to which they prefer facial masculinity in a male partner, and much research has focused on explaining this variation systematically,…”
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Promoting Protection Against a Threat That Evokes Positive Affect: The Case of Heat Waves in the United Kingdom by Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Lefevre, Carmen E., Taylor, Andrea L., Dessai, Suraje, Fischhoff, Baruch, Kovats, Sari

“…Heat waves can cause death, illness, and discomfort, and are expected to become more frequent as a result of climate change. Yet, United Kingdom residents have…”
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An ontology-based modelling system (OBMS) for representing behaviour change theories applied to 76 theories by Hale, Joanna, Hastings, Janna, West, Robert, Lefevre, Carmen E, Direito, Artur, Bohlen, Lauren Connell, Godinho, Cristina, Anderson, Niall, Zink, Silje, Groarke, Hilary, Michie, Susan

“…To efficiently search, compare, test and integrate behaviour change theories, they need to be specified in a way that is clear, consistent and computable. An…”
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