In our research, we explore the full range of psychological processes that enable us to understand both ourselves and others. Drawing on biological, psychological, and computational frameworks, we investigate the neural, cognitive, emotional, and social mechanisms that keep us in touch with the complexities of social life. Through our research, we aim to deepen our understanding of the elements that shape human social interaction.
We ask questions such as:
- How do we form impressions of others?
- How are stereotypes formed?
- How and when are stereotypes activated?
- How do stereotypes affect how we perceive other people?
- How do we extract social information from faces?
- What social judgements do we make from faces?
- How good are we at detecting artificial AI faces?
- How do emotional expressions influence memory for and attention to faces?
- In what ways do our expectations influence how effectively we perceive changes in others’ facial expressions?
- How does shared attention via eye gaze influence object processing and memory?
Theme Members
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Theme Leader: Prof Neil Macrae social cognition, person perception, self
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self, person perception, computational social cognition, mindfulness
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social-emotional attention and memory, emotion prediction, emotion processing
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social bias, social cognition, stereotypes, cultural evolution, person perception
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face recognition, impression formation, prejudice, group processes
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self, social brain, healthy ageing, social interactions in virtual reality |
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face perception, impression formation, social bias, face AI
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social interaction, sense of agency, social reward, consciousness |
