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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University of St Andrews - Funded by EPSRC
Michael has been at the University of St Andrews since 2002 as a researcher and student. His research has focused on social attributions and the perception of faces from a variety of different methodological and theoretic perspectives.
Recent research: Male facial (bizygomatic) width (scaled for face height) is related to male decisions to collaborate for mutual financial gain or to exploit for greater personal gain. Others are also less likely to trust males with wide rather than narrow faces (independent of attractiveness).
Research interests: Evolution of Cooperation/Coordination; Face Perception; Social Attribution; Psychology of Trust; Psychology of Generosity/Helping; Psychology of Religion; Evolution of Language/languages; Decision and Game Theory.
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 mrs4@st-andrews.ac.uk |
Tel: +44 (0)1334 46 3044 |
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| M. Stirrat and D.I. Perrett. Valid facial cues to cooperation and trust: Male facial width and trustworthiness. Psychological Science 21(3) 349-354 (2010). doi: 10.1177/0956797610362647 |
| Stephen, I D, Law Smith, M J, Stirrat, M R , and Perrett, D I. Facial skin colouration affects perceived health of human faces. International Journal of Primatology 30 (6) (2009) doi: 10.1007/s10764-009-9380-z |
| Cornwell R, Law Smith M, Boothroyd L, Moore F, Davis H, Stirrat M, Tiddeman B, Perrett D. Reproductive strategy, sexual development and attraction to facial characteristics Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 361 (1476) , 2143 - 2154 (2006) (Epub 03 Nov 2006) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1936 |
| Law Smith M, Perrett D, Jones B, Cornwell R, Moore F, Feinberg D, Boothroyd L, Durrani S, Stirrat M, Whiten S, Pitman R, Hillier S. Facial appearance is a cue to oestrogen levels in women Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273 (1583) , 135 - 140 (2006) (Epub 01 Nov 2005) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3296 |
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