Kerri Johnson: UCLA Communication StudiesIn the 1950s, Doris Troy famously sang, “Just one look...that’s all it took,” implying that attraction can begin with little more than a glance. Contemporary research in person construal generally corroborates this observation, but debate continues about precisely how physical cues come to convey attractiveness. One unresolved question centers on whether […]

Richard Lippa: Cal State University, Fullerton Department of PsychologyBBC data from 53 nations and from more than 200,000 participants provide new insights into sex differences in: (1) sexual traits (e.g., sex drive and sociosexuality), (2) mate preferences (e.g., the value assigned to physical attractiveness, intelligence, honesty in a mate), (3) personality traits (e.g., extraversion, agreeableness, […]

Russ Poldrack: UCLA PsychologyIt has become common practice amongst neuroimaging researchers to infer the presence of mental processes from activation in particular parts of the brain. The validity of this practice, which I refer to as "reverse inference", depends upon how selectively specific brain regions are associated with specific mental processes. I will present evidence […]