Facelab

We are interested in the biological, psychological and cognitive basis of social behaviour.

Specifically, we study the role of the human face in social interactions. A face contains intricate information on the basis of which a familiar face can be distinguished from a stranger, a female from a male face and older people can be differentiated from young people. From a face we also judge whether the owner is attractive, where her attention is, what mood she is in and even whether we can t

25/03/2022

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Dear facefriends, we have a favour to ask: Please help us by completing this very short online-survey . The survey is in German, but should be self-explanatory. You will see a short series of faces which we ask you to rate for attractiveness. To do this, move the slider under the face, ranging from "very unattractive" to "very attractive". To get to the next face, click on the arrow button in the bottom right corner. You might have to scroll down to find the arrow. Competing the survey will take less than two minutes of your time!!! Many thanks!!!

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Increased sensitivity to social exclusion during the luteal phase: Progesterone as resilience factor buffering against ostracism?

04/06/2019

Lots of long hard work went into this study. But it's finally out!!! Progesterone as a resilience factor buffering against astracism?

Increased sensitivity to social exclusion during the luteal phase: Progesterone as resilience factor buffering against ostracism? A woman’s social behaviour reportedly varies across the menstrual cycle. In this study, we estimated changes in sensitivity to social exclusion across…

01/02/2019

Lernen im Schlaf? Das geht! Forschende der Universität Bern konnten zeigen, dass in gewissen Phasen des Tiefschlafs neue Vokabeln einer Fremdsprache gelernt und nach dem Aufwachen unbewusst erinnert werden können: http://ow.ly/32PS30nwK9i

Compassionate faces: Evidence for distinctive facial expressions associated with specific prosocial motivations

28/01/2019

PUBLISHED! Thank you Caroline Falconer for your perseverence and all your hard work. And thanks to all the others who helped with this

Compassionate faces: Evidence for distinctive facial expressions associated with specific prosocial motivations Compassion is a complex cognitive, emotional and behavioural process that has important real-world consequences for the self and others. Considering this, it is important to understand how compassion is communicated. The current research investigated the expression and perception of compassion via t...

09/10/2018

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The scent of attractiveness: levels of reproductive hormones explain individual differences in women's body odour

12/09/2018

New work from our lab: Wha do some women smell more attractive than others?

The scent of attractiveness: levels of reproductive hormones explain individual differences in women's body odour Individuals are thought to have their own distinctive body odour which reportedly plays an important role in mate choice. In the present study we investigated individual differences in body odours of women and examined whether some women generally smell more attractive than others or whether odour p...

19/06/2018

Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus The lack of willingness to view human cognition and behavior as within the purview of evolutionary processes has prevented evolution…

11/01/2018

Faces reveal a lot – but the science needs to be interpreted with care ...just don't call it the new phrenology.

Star Wars' Porgs Are Ugly, But You Think They're Cute

27/12/2017

In the news:

Star Wars' Porgs Are Ugly, But You Think They're Cute The science of why humans can't help finding other animals adorable.

20/10/2017

Interesting read!!!

When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.